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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank everybody who took part in that debate and say how optimistic the Minister’s answer has made me. With that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.22 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will be quick. In moving my Amendment 61, I put on record my thanks to Laura Anderson of the National Children’s Bureau, not only for her help on this amendment but…22 May 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 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank noble Lords for this interesting and thought-provoking debate. I thank the Minister for her thorough explanation—I think I understood quite a lot of it. I would go along…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 24 in my name, for which I am indebted to Action for Children and the Children’s Charities Coalition for their support, and to the more…20 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will speak very briefly to Amendment 8, to which I have added my name. In this, I declare that I am one of the school of qualified teachers in this Chamber. I am also…20 May 2025HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesMy Lords, as a teacher, I have never taught in a school that allowed mobile phones. The Minister said that mobile phones had no place in schools, while giving head teachers…12 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed of Tinsley, on his excellent and inspiring maiden speech, and I greatly look forward to that from the noble Lord, Lord…01 May 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my thanks to those expressed by other noble Lords. It was the Minister’s expertise and enthusiasm in particular that shone through. I thank too the Bill team and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My noble friend has pointed out the correct figure. I am not sure what the European and Commonwealth speed record for bike-mounted corporate lawyers in Lycra is, but I am sure it…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am Lord Hampton from the Cross Benches and I will speak to Amendments 36, 38, 39 and 39A. I am genuinely conflicted on them. On the one hand, I would like to see…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 57 and return to the topic of safety. I am indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, both for suggesting the solution in Committee and for…02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]02 Apr 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, the Minister made me very excited when he talked about the Government being deeply sympathetic to improvements to safety and Vision Zero increasingly being adopted by…02 Apr 2025HANSARDRelationship, Sex and Health EducationMy Lords, I have taught more PSHE days than I care to remember. The fact that in secondary schools they are a stand-alone day once a term enables some parents to keep their…04 Mar 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 49, to which I added my name. I will also speak to Amendment 78 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones. These are two very similar…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 58, I will also speak to my Amendments 59 and 60. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb and Lady Pidgeon, for their help along the…13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]13 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this debate. I genuinely thought that this was this place at its best, and I realise that I have trespassed on a landscape of…13 Feb 2025