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HANSARDTV Licence Non-payment: WomenMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the BBC is taking steps to try to lessen the effect of this through its newly proposed scheme of spreading out payments? Will the Government…05 Mar 2024HANSARDUkrainians: Visas and Further SupportMy Lords, will the Minister assure us that all those being helped by this scheme will be assisted until it is safe to go home and that, whatever the rollout may be, a further…04 Mar 2024HANSARDCharities: National Minimum WageMy Lords, does the Minister agree that we are very lucky that a lot of charities take on a lot of the heavy lifting that you could reasonably expect the state to do? They provide…29 Feb 2024HANSARDPollution in Rivers and Regulation of Private Water CompaniesMy Lords, a certain degree of nostalgia comes in as I speak in this debate because, looking around the Chamber, I see that I am the only survivor here today of the Committee that…29 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, every now and then in this House, you can look down the speakers’ list and think, “I wonder what that person will say”. I looked at the name of the noble Lord, Lord…28 Feb 2024HANSARDSkill Shortages in Business and IndustryMy Lords, would the Government agree that we have a shortage of traditional level 4 and 5 skills in our skills package? This is dealt with by local skills partnerships, but we…28 Feb 2024HANSARDOfsted: Pupil Absence RatesMy Lords, what are the Government doing about people who attend unregistered —effectively illegal—schools, often of a very dubious religious nature? What are they doing to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that all schools have the capacity to identify and implement a plan of support for the most commonly occurring…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsI thank the Minister for her Answer. I have just managed to read through the updates and changes for training teachers. If we are now going to use online testing as a major…12 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and remind the House of my declared interests.12 Feb 2024HANSARDSuccession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL]My Lords, as I follow the noble Lord, Lord Lucas—who is a friend—I am struck, first, by how dull my peerage is compared to his. It really does not have anywhere near the same…09 Feb 2024HANSARDSuccession to Peerages and Baronetcies Bill [HL]Is the noble Lord asking for my opinion? I stand by this: keep the first three subsections of Clause 1 and dump the rest.09 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: RAACMy Lords, as the Chamber empties, the first thing I should say on this debate is to remind everybody listening of what we are talking about: reinforced autoclaved aerated…01 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: RAACMy noble friend’s comment suggests that I am being hopelessly optimistic in my assessment there; I look forward to hearing from him later. Can we have some guidance from the…01 Feb 2024HANSARDRussell Group Universities: Foreign Student AdmissionsMy Lords, the Government have got themselves into a situation where universities are just very short of cash. When are we going to put enough money into the system so they are…01 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: RAACTo ask His Majesty’s Government how they plan to mitigate the safety risks of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in schools and to ensure the swift deployment of financial…01 Feb 2024HANSARDSchools: Financial EducationMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Sater, on doing most of the heavy lifting, which was just as well considering the sprint relay event that followed it. The noble…31 Jan 2024HANSARDEmergency Services Network: Critical Communications SystemMy Lords, can the Minister assure us that the Government will look at the original tendering process to find out exactly why this went wrong, since it clearly has? As an aside,…29 Jan 2024HANSARDHome and Online SchoolingMy Lords, the Minister mentioned that we are dealing with special educational needs here. When will we have a structure where every school has at least some expertise in how to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDLoot Boxes in Video GamesMy Lords, will the Minister give us a little opinion? If he had to buy something else via a lucky dip, such as shirts or socks—it may happen at Christmas, we may think—would he be…13 Dec 2023