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HANSARDSchool Exclusion: Timpson ReviewMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for repeating this important Statement, and I join him in thanking Edward Timpson and all those who contributed to this report. It is…07 May 2019HANSARDSchool Exclusion: Timpson ReviewI am grateful that the Minister has said that off-rolling is illegal, but have the Government actually challenged any of the schools that have off-rolled? Is there any data on…07 May 2019HANSARDFood BanksI remind the noble Baroness that 70% of people in poverty are actually in work. The Secretary of State, Amber Rudd, acknowledged in February that the difficulty in accessing…01 May 2019HANSARDFood BanksTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported increase in food bank usage in 2018/19 and the 73 per cent increase since 2013/14.01 May 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesMy Lords, what a miserably thin Statement on such a major subject. It is essential that there is no further delay in the UK Government confirming the fee status for EU students…29 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenMy Lords, we would all on this side support a spring clean-out of some sort. Last month, thousands of people, including primary school children, teenagers and university students,…11 Apr 2019HANSARDSchools: Modern LanguagesMy Lords, with Ofqual figures showing a drop of 7.3% in students taking foreign languages at GCSE and A-level, I invite the Minister to join me in congratulating our European…09 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Erasmus and Horizon Programmes (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak in this debate, on a subject which may well come to define the future hopes and aspirations of our next generation of students,…01 Apr 2019HANSARDHelp to Buy: Housebuilders’ ProfitsWill the Minister return to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley: that the vast profits Persimmon is making would be far better invested in bricks and mortar and new…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance PaymentsMy Lords, ESA enables passporting to other benefits. What compensation will the department give to those families that lost out from the passporting arrangements? Perhaps I missed…25 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Free School MealsMy Lords, it is estimated that there are 5 million children now living in poverty in the UK, so is it not time for the Government to consider using the pause in the rollout of…21 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Free School MealsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to reconsider recent changes to access to free school meals following their decision to delay the roll out of Universal Credit.21 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalHow many parliamentary days does the noble Lord estimate those six or seven Bills that he has just outlined will take?13 Feb 2019HANSARDEU WithdrawalMy Lords—13 Feb 2019HANSARDSocial HousingMy Lords, I join in the general congratulations to my noble friend Lord Whitty on instigating this debate on a subject which is of great importance to our nation, facing as it…31 Jan 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords: SittingsMy Lords, can the noble Lord the Chief Whip give an assurance on a question I asked the other day? The timetable for considering Brexit Bills before 29 March is getting shorter by…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Legislative TimetableMy Lords, can the noble Lord assure the House that legislation in the form of Acts of Parliament to come before us will not be treated as emergency legislation because the…07 Jan 2019