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HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I will not comment on the noble Baroness’s age. The Bill is an opportunity to help breathe life into rural areas, to get children on buses going to schools and to get people to…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]I have had conversations with bus operators and bus drivers, who are very worried about this issue. Bus drivers tell me that the very act of opening a door to walk out and face a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendment 21 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, to which I was delighted to add my name. The noble Lord, Lord Moylan, criticised…11 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 35 to 39, which I have put my name to. I have no problem with any of these amendments, particularly Amendment 56 in the name of the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDLifelong LearningMy Lords, it is always a joy to listen to the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, whom I thank very much for securing this debate on this important topic. As ever, I declare my…06 Feb 2025HANSARDSchool Accountability and InterventionMy Lords, I apologise—twice: once for being late for this debate and once for being a bit keen. Ofsted is a real problem, and there is quite a simple solution. A friend of mine,…06 Feb 2025HANSARDSchool Accountability and InterventionMy Lords—06 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 2 and 5, to which I have added my name. I declare the fact that I am a teacher. I join other noble Lords in thanking the Minister and…05 Feb 2025HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 10, to which I have added my name. With due respect to the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, the whole point of being a Cross-Bencher is that…05 Feb 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 61. I was very pleased to hear the Minister say that the Bill is about safety. All my amendments are about safety, but this is the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren and Young People: LiteracyMy Lords—23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren and Young People: LiteracyMy Lords, I speak as a teacher and—23 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren and Young People: LiteracyAnd the noble Lord will be marking my homework later. The National Literacy Trust says that one in seven primary schools in the UK does not have a library, and in London it is one…23 Jan 2025HANSARDFree Schools and AcademiesI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Evans of Bowes Park, for enabling this vital debate. As ever, I declare my interest as a teacher in an academy in Hackney. As the noble Baroness…23 Jan 2025HANSARDPrimary Schools: Swimming LessonsMy Lords, I declare an interest as a teacher. Swim England reports that, since 2011, almost 500 publicly accessible pools have closed, and that child drowning deaths have doubled…21 Jan 2025HANSARDBus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL]My Lords, my noble friend Lady Finlay of Llandaff sent me a paragraph from an email from a member of staff in memory of Baroness Randerson, which I will read: “Baroness Jenny…08 Jan 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I support Amendments 204, 205 and 206 in the names of my noble friends Lady Kidron and Lord Freyberg, and of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Clement-Jones, in…18 Dec 2024HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, it is always a joy to follow a couple of Earls, except possibly into battle. It was a great pleasure to hail the noble Lord, Lord Brady of Altrincham, and bid farewell…11 Dec 2024HANSARDGuns Manufactured by 3D PrintersMy Lords, as a design and technology teacher with four 3D printers in his department, I am fully aware of the advantages and limitations of 3D printing. Does the Minister agree…10 Dec 2024HANSARDSchools: Mobile PhonesMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lady Kidron for securing this important debate and I look forward to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Cass. In case anybody has…28 Nov 2024