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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I was going to rise very briefly to speak to Amendments 243, 249 and 260 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, to which I added my name, but the noble…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to the rather dramatically numbered Amendment 333ZA in my name and belatedly declare an interest as a state secondary school teacher. In the past I also…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for those slightly more reassuring words, but the fact that it was news to all of us just shows how much work still has to be done. We will wait and…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 196 and 197 and declare, as ever, that I am a teacher at a state academy in east London. Before I talk to these amendments, I want to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 458 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, and my noble friend Lady Kidron. I have spoken on this issue several times in your…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 163, tabled by my noble friend Lord Bird, to which I added my name. One of the advantages of membership of this House is the free…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 165. In the spirit of brevity pioneered by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, I also support Amendment 118 in his name and Amendment 144 in the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 143 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, to which I added my name and to which the noble Lord, Lord Bird, spoke so powerfully. I…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 79 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester. Following the statistical barrage from…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 164 in the names of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester and my noble friend Lord Russell of Liverpool. I omitted to declare…12 Jun 2025HANSARDPost-16 Financial EducationMy Lords, as a fellow teacher, does the Minister agree that, rather than having token PSHE-day education, practical financial education should be embedded in the maths curriculum…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 67 and 505 in the name of my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff, to which I have added my name and to which she spoke so eloquently. I am…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak to Amendment 172, to which I added my name. My noble friend Lord Meston and my noble and learned friend Lady Butler-Sloss have said it far better…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 72 in my name and remind the House that I am a kinship carer of twin 13 year-olds. I also thank Kinship for its help in this. The Bill…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendments 73, 74, 75, 76 and 76A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, to which I have added my name. I am in that dangerous…09 Jun 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: DyscalculiaMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton. Like everyone here, I thank my noble friend Lady Bull for her strenuous efforts to get this…04 Jun 2025HANSARDSchool Teachers’ Review Body: RecommendationsMy Lords, as a working teacher, I say thanks very much for the 10%—it is very gratefully received. It occurred to me a few days ago that the Government seem to presume that…04 Jun 2025HANSARDMalvern Hills Bill [HL]My Lords, in speaking in the gap, I apologise for not putting my name down. I did not think that I was going to have time, but it turns out that I do. I must also declare an…04 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI add to the Minister’s son’s view that a lot of this training is already being done. As a working teacher, I note that we do inset days and online and offline CPD. As far as I…22 May 2025