Contributions
201 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I will reply quickly to the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, and also the noble Viscount. I am not against sharp-edged knives. I have a very good knife that cuts through a…19 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillBefore the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, sits down, can I correct a quick note of fact? It is very kind of him to promote me massively, but I am a simple design technology…19 Nov 2025HANSARDDyscalculiaMy Lords, in 10 years of teaching I had not heard of dyscalculia until last year, and I could not pronounce it until about last week. It is okay supporting the children, but if…17 Nov 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 27 to 31. I declare my interest as a secondary school teacher. These amendments from the Victims’ Commissioner have been ably…10 Nov 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Motion N1 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, and declare that I am still a teacher in a state secondary school in Hackney, east…28 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have learned a lot during the past 15 minutes, some of which I have immediately forgotten. I particularly enjoyed the exposition from the noble Lord, Lord…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill22 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyMy Lords, I declare an interest as a working teacher. I very much welcome this wonderfully optimistic White Paper and its positively Churchillian language. At one point, it says…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 62 in the names of my noble friend Lady Boycott—who sends her apologies; she has been unavoidably detained—and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett…22 Oct 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, as ever, I declare my interest as a teacher in a state secondary school in Hackney—a place that my noble friend Lord Birt was rather unfair about earlier. This is an…16 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 30A in my name. I thank the Minister and his team for their engagement during this part, including an email sent rather late last night. Since…13 Oct 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have listened to what the Minister said. I am hopeful that safety will be at the top of this Bill, or at least in the Government’s mind. Therefore, I am minded not to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak as a design technology teacher, a veteran of the IfATE Act, an officer of the APPG on apprenticeships and a member of the House of Lords Social Mobility…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am standing up to make a speech absolutely on the fly now. I have taken some legal advice and the noble Lord, Lord Meston, says there would be no adverse impact from…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, before the noble Lord continues, I do not recognise, luckily, the dystopian view that he has given. The primary school that both my children were at and the school where…18 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I echo the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran: head teachers need and deserve reassurance that they will be backed to exclude or suspend where necessary. I would…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 463, to which I added my name. Government data shows that 16 to 19 year-olds experience the highest rates of domestic abuse of any age…16 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, as a secondary school teacher, I admit that I am conflicted by this group of amendments. Noble Lords have highlighted the benefits of getting industry experts to teach…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, as a teacher at Mossbourne, who has one child there and one who has just left, I—slightly emotionally—thank the noble Lord, Lord Sewell of Sanderstead. I cannot thank…10 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of Amendment 448A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, to which I have added my name. I…10 Sept 2025