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HANSARDSecure 16 to 19 Academies BillMy Lords, this Bill is a decent addition to the statute book. The principal thing is the two-years as opposed to seven, because your client base is going to be there for only a…24 Oct 2025HANSARDAutistic Children: State SchoolsMy Lords, will the Minister give us a further assurance that the schools know that they need to work in flexibility? Rigid rules or disciplinary behaviour will almost certainly…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, live music events and things like that improve people’s lives and the quality of life. You are going down there. You may annoy one or two people, but most people will…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMy Lords, the Government have stated, and the Minister has repeated, the concentration on English and maths. They have also talked about special educational needs and I once again…22 Oct 2025HANSARDMaccabi Tel Aviv FC: Away Fans BanMy Lords, can the Minister go a bit further about the Government’s activity? It is quite clear this was not a conventional situation for the local boards that were operating. Is…22 Oct 2025HANSARDMusic and Dance Schools: Affordable AccessMy Lords, from listening to this debate it is quite clear that one theme has come through: please give us certainty. With a one-year scheme, nobody would encourage a child to go…16 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I shall try to make a few remarks in summing up. Apprenticeships really feel like they should be an answer but are proving to be extremely difficult to get into…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillJust before the Minister replies, I shall very briefly say that the principle of reviewing legislation is one that I think we have all agreed to and no Government have ever found…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, my noble friend has covered what happens in school, but that is just one area of activity. If it is done properly, school is merely part of a greater continuum that goes…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI have one more question. If we are doing this for PE in schools, is there going to be a specific link to activity outside school? A lot of the sports education is done by sports…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, when it comes to technology, I think I have a slightly different relationship to it, although the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, may even go beyond me for this. We need it to…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe answer is yes, yes and yes. I hope that the Minister will make sure that her colleagues in other departments take this on board. I moved an amendment on the planning Bill…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will say just a few words, inspired particularly by the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. We know that there is…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will make a couple of comments. When children fail, it is usually the result of a cocktail of inputs. One of those is frequently special educational needs. If you do…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak to my amendment in this group and leave the summing up to my noble friend. I use the term “off-rolling” in this. It may be out of date and unfair,…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will very briefly say, from what is left of my own Benches, that when it comes to this, remember that this is guidance for the child to take forward into adult life.…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will very briefly say a few words about this group. On Amendment 463, the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, may have taken up the baton from somebody else, but she did it…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am reassured by the amount of attention paid to this subject, and that we are getting through and into the Government’s head. We do not know yet whether the results we…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, for that compliment. We go back to special educational needs here, with a series of amendments in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Holmes…16 Sept 2025