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HANSARDAutism Employment ReviewMy Lords, will the Minister give us a further assurance that when the Government use the term “neurodivergence”, it is a broad spectrum, and you cannot help somebody with…12 May 2025HANSARDPupil AbsenteeismMy Lords, does the Minister agree that children who fail at school, and who know they are failing, are far more likely to be absent? With that in mind, what are we doing about…07 May 2025HANSARDSport: Supreme Court Ruling on Sex and GenderMy Lords, will the Government confirm that they will make sure that sports themselves—with medical help—make these decisions, and that they make their decisions based on, as the…07 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I agree with a couple of things the noble Earl, Lord Effingham, said, including that we have the great and the good of education gathered in this House today. There are…01 May 2025HANSARDPublic Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton, for chairing the committee. I was one of its members who did not have a legal background, and I was not made to feel too much like I…25 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Centre for Arts and Music EducationCan the Minister tell us what the Government are doing to work with voluntary and community groups, where most people will actually take part in musical or cultural activity? What…23 Apr 2025HANSARDElectrocardiogram ScreeningMy Lords, will the Minister look to use the structures that are already there to get this screening process under way? Will the Government make sure that the academies for…22 Apr 2025HANSARDAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundMy Lords, it is nice to hear that we have actually got round to finding some solution here, but will the Minister give us an assurance that we will not have this stop-start…02 Apr 2025HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, there is a history of underclaiming of benefits running through the whole system. It is not to do with this Government or even the last one; it has been there for a long…02 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it comes to my turn to say a few words. It has been a very interesting experience, and I thank the Minister for her engagement and for a number of meetings when she made…26 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to give schools the capacity to make assessments of commonly occurring special educational needs.20 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I remind the House of my declared interest with the British Dyslexia Association and…20 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsI thank the Minister for that Answer. Will she expand on what has been done to disseminate knowledge throughout the teaching staff once this assessment has been made? Where anyone…20 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, it might be convenient to give our opinion on this matter, which is very straightforward. Parachute payments are a system that is in place for today and not set in…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we debated this amendment on the previous day on Report, and I should like to press it to a Division.17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, this is rather an odd one. Apparently, we are in favour of equality but not in favour of doing much about it. A reporting strategy on what we are doing to improve…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise briefly to thank the Government for Amendment 90. It is the sort of thing that improves a Bill, improves the ongoing process of a Bill and means that it is not…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]My Lords, we have heard a great deal of eloquence. This is a subject where there has been an almost seductive charm coming at me. There has also been the novelty of the noble…17 Mar 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [HL]17 Mar 2025HANSARDIndependent School Fees: VATMy Lords—13 Mar 2025