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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords—13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I do not believe that Clause 3 was passed on the first day—13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree with everything that the noble Baroness said; I congratulate her on saying it. May I express the hope, which I think is in the interests of many people, that we…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for carefully explaining the Government’s justification for doing this. She is in a difficult and unenviable position, but I do not think anybody…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I understand that the noble Lord, Lord Mendelsohn, will not move Amendment 39C. Is that right?13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thought that in fact, with great respect, in the earlier debate we debated Clauses 1 and 4, which are no longer there. Amendment 35 states specifically that: “The above-named…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I would like to. Clauses 1 and 3 are crucial parts of the Bill, and Clause 3 extends the power of the Secretary of State quite considerably. If I could draw attention to Clause 3,…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I was reminded earlier by the Minister that there was a debate on Clause 3—I remember it very vividly—on the previous day. In fact, that was when the noble and learned Lord, Lord…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 27A. This speech will be very short. The amendment is defensive because, if Clause 1 continues to be part of the Bill when it comes back on…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]May I now formally move that Clause 1 should not stand part of the Bill? If I cannot do that yet, I will speak to it anyway. First, you cannot just abolish Clause 1 or Clause 3 by…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am not suggesting that we debate whether Clauses 2 and 4 stand part of the Bill at this moment; they are out of sync. We cannot discuss them until we discuss Clause 1…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this debate is not really about education; it is about the governance of schools. I think many of us in this House would prefer to be debating education, how to improve…23 May 2022HANSARDSchool Governing Bodies: DiversityMy Lords, the Youth Unemployment Select Committee of this House reported last November with a mass of recommendations, all of which have so far been rejected by the Government.…28 Apr 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, on tabling this amendment because it has helped to shift the Government’s thinking on T-levels. When they were originally…07 Apr 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. It is right, and I echo completely his comments about T-levels. I am just as committed to…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]Leave out “agree” and insert “disagree”24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I just want to refer to the earlier amendment, for which I thank my noble friend very warmly. The original Baker clause had three meetings for each year group—13, 15 and 17—and…24 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg leave to test the opinion of the House.24 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this is the second occasion on which I have spoken on assisted dying in your Lordships’ House. Five years or so ago, I supported the Bill in the name of the noble and…16 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillMy Lords, I begin by congratulating Mark Jenkinson, the Member of Parliament for Workington, for introducing this Bill. I know him well because in his constituency there is a…04 Mar 2022