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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is now my job to hang on to the coattails of the people who did the real work on this and say thank you to the Minister. I do not know whether the fact that this…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister has done what in rugby they say happens to good players: they catch the bad ball. You catch the attention of the entire team and you get flattened, but the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the thrust of these amendments. They follow on from my noble friend Lady Brinton’s amendment on the fact that specialist guidance and help will be needed. The…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it might be appropriate if I speak first to Amendment 76, which stands in my name and that of my noble friend. As the noble Lord, Lord Knight, just mentioned—and I thank…18 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and OpportunitiesMy Lords, before I move on to the main thrust of what I want to say today, I say that political parties can survive with the majority of their MPs being female, because the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments is basically a series of stand part debates and “Let’s get rid and start again”. As has been said, this is unprecedented. What comes in its…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]When the Minister said “one day”, did she mean that, when we are dealing with the replacement clauses, we will have this process for all those replacement clauses? It may have…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will briefly speak to this. I agree with the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Knight. The Government have moved on this Bill; they have listened. They have given…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, starting with Amendment 62, it was one of those amendment where I proved, once again, to myself that I could not be in two places at once and came in halfway through…12 Jul 2022HANSARDFood Strategy White PaperMy Lords, the strategy was supposed to be overarching. What are we doing to integrate things such as good exercise patterns into the food strategy? In particular, what are we…07 Jul 2022HANSARDBread and Flour Regulations: Folic AcidMy Lords, will the Government give us an assurance that they have identified all the checks and balances? That might be a good start. Also, exactly how long did it take some of…06 Jul 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, I apologise to the House for speaking in the gap; I was not quite properly organised enough to get on the list, but I will not make a habit of this. When it comes to the…30 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lords, Lord Aberdare and Lord Moynihan, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson, for having on two occasions said that I must sign an…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will say a few brief words on these amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Watson, undersold the point he is making slightly, because for many people the disparity between…27 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesDoes the Minister agree—I think she has—that the current system is overly legally confrontational and has primarily benefited lawyers? Having said that, what is the Minister going…23 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]That was fairly helpful, but we are now overly dependent on the plans; I do not think there is any doubt about that. The Government are effectively saying that an identified need…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall come in briefly on this because I did not put my name to my noble friend’s amendment on examinations. I am sorry to go back to a smaller point, but one thing…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Before the noble Baroness finishes that point, if somebody has special educational needs—we had an example from my noble friend Lord Storey—and they are still interacting with the…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 129. I put my name to this because I saw it and said, “Yes, this is right”. What level of support are you going to give to a certain…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSpecial Educational NeedsMy Lords, I declare my interests in this area, as in the register. Does the Minister agree that schools are not being properly prepared to teach children they know they will get…20 Jun 2022