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HANSARDFlu Vaccination and Blood Test CancellationsMy Lords, the HGV driver shortage has clearly been exacerbated by Brexit. Will the Minister tell the House what he intends to do about that?14 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, the immediate emergency facing the Government and the House is the refugee crisis. I would like to ask the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, if he could reply to three specific…18 Aug 2021HANSARDCouncil of Europe Convention on Access to Official DocumentsMy Lords, can the Minister help the House? Can he explain what it is about releasing the official documentation concerning the £37 billion test and trace scheme and the £12.5…20 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, is the noble Baroness able to give us any information about the provision of apprenticeship options through UCAS? I appreciate that she may not have that information…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lord Watson has made a compelling argument for enhanced, nationally recognised and organised credit transfer arrangements. I do not want to repeat the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, this issue goes back some time. When I was a Minister, there was an issue about whether voluntary-aided schools—of which a high proportion are Catholic, as my noble…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, all three noble Lords who have spoken, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, have made pertinent points. I will make a suggestion and ask a question. Unusually, the House…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, as ever from the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, these are excellent suggestions and I strongly commend them to the Government. I would just like to add to his second…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness’s remark that she wanted to become a landscape gardener but ended us as a civil servant could make the brilliant first sentence of an autobiography,…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the points from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, are very well made regarding the need to see adequate local provision of technical education, including, as his amendment…19 Jul 2021HANSARDBrexit Opportunities UnitTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what salary attaches to the new post of Director of the Brexit Opportunities Unit at the Cabinet Office.19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a hugely important debate for the future of not only our education system but our society, because unless we have a properly trained workforce in the future and…19 Jul 2021HANSARDBrexit Opportunities UnitMy Lords, I am thinking of applying for this job because it is such an exciting opportunity. I would be prepared to do it for nothing; I was wondering what the Minister might…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, in the previous group on Amendment 76A, the noble Baroness did not reply to my point about the international baccalaureate at all. I fully accept that she may not have…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the noble Baroness said that there was now a scheme for enabling large employers to transfer part of the proceeds of the apprenticeship levy to SMEs. What is the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]What about the IB?19 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, there is a great deal of support in the House for the idea of meeting and adjourning earlier, so I am going to press this amendment. I urge colleagues who support that…13 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesMy Lords, I first thank the noble Baroness for her introduction. She quite rightly paid tribute to the staff of the House, and we all pay tribute to them too, but it is fitting…13 Jul 2021HANSARDProcedure and PrivilegesAt end insert “but that this House believes it should sit from 1pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.”13 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, this Bill is largely a Bill in search of a policy, and indeed a Bill that is a substitute for policy. It does almost nothing that actually requires legislation. As far…06 Jul 2021