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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this has been another good, if lengthy, debate, which I thought mixed very well the principles and the practical. A lot of very practical points came up, such as those…09 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillWill the Minister answer my supplementary question about whether the department or she have in mind a number of hours that make up full-time education that they are trying to get…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, this is the point at which I will make one of the two main interventions that I propose to make today, on my Amendment 254B. Before I come to that, I will comment on two…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am delighted to have the chance to speak after the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and his eloquent and rather moving statement to the Committee about how he sees this.…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillRather foolishly in retrospect, I have added my name to several amendments proposed by Front-Bench Members of the parties opposite, and I therefore have to speak first on them,…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, the Minister made some excellent and very clear statements in response to my amendment, which are extremely useful. Will she consider putting any part of that in the…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I want to say a few words about Amendment 254A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, to which I have added my name. I want to spell out what I suspect noble Lords…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support the proposal on GCSE results from the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. It is very important, for the reasons she suggests. I have seen some interesting results…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 313 and 314 in my name. I originally thought I was going to speak for rather longer on this, but so much has already been covered, including…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I was going to speak to Amendment 365, which is about appeals against a local authority’s decision not to revoke an attendance order. However, in light of the discussion…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 288A is in my name. In a way, it is the counterpart to the amendment we debated this morning under which parents would have to provide information about…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 202C from the noble Lord, Lord Frost, and Amendment 226 from my noble friend Lord Meston. As this is the first time I have spoken in Committee, I…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank the noble Lord for that intervention, and I very much understand the point that he is making. However, the issue is what happens to that material once it is inspected. How…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am sorry; I missed my turn to jump up. I wanted to make two remarks. First, the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, has drawn the big picture of a range of issues that concern…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 209 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, and others, in part for the reasons given so eloquently by the supporters of the amendment,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 211A, which is in my name. I very much agree with the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas. This is one of the biggest issues in the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe amendment I have proposed uses almost the same words as those the noble Baroness has just used: rather than using the phrase “in the child’s best interest”, why not refer to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI think I understand the Minister’s points, but could I just pick up the slightly pedantic point that I was making? If it is an “or”, it implies that suitable arrangements could…03 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and to pick up a couple of the points he made so eloquently. I am going to talk about two things: the…25 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly and positively about good home education. I disagree with some of the assumptions that the noble Lord, Lord Nash, has just made about the majority…01 May 2025