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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the Clause 28 stand part notice is in my name. Because it is about grammar schools, I think it is right to have it in this group, in talking about admissions policies. I…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, with the greatest respect to the noble Lord—I very much agree with the thrust of what he has said—I actually did have a Clause 3 stand part notice, to which the noble…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, with the greatest respect, I say that the Government put those amendments into one group. Only movers of amendments can remove amendments from them so, as far as…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving my first amendment in this group, I must say that I agreed with the analysis of the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, of some of the problems we are having in…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am sorry to intervene, but is that right? I thought that the Questions that Clauses 5, 6 and 7 stand part were in a further group.08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been a very useful debate. Clearly, I agree with my noble friend that, with parental involvement in school governing bodies, there has perhaps not been a…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I lend my support to the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, on Amendment 8 and to my noble friend on Amendment 37. This issue about the mental health of students and pupils…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. He has really illustrated the puzzle I have: the handbook is clearly working at the moment—we have heard from the noble…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I know, but I worry about the “exceptional circumstances” because I do not see why an individual school could not simply opt out if it wanted to, giving due notice.…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I strongly welcome my noble friend’s amendment. I, along with my noble friend Lady Blower, have a number of other amendments in this area. I want to encourage the…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is with some trepidation that I follow two such experts in education on these Benches. However, I see an uncanny parallel with what has happened in the health…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Does the noble Lord recall that the last time this House intervened on a statutory instrument was in relation to working families’ tax credits? We moved an amendment to delay its…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have two clause stand part amendments, but also added my name to the amendments from the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher. Fleetingly,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDGP AccessMy Lords, the Minister’s Answer seems a long way from the reality. Every day, patients have great difficulty in getting access to their GPs. It is also clear that the profession…07 Jun 2022HANSARDGP AccessMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I remind the House of my interest as a member of the General Medical Council.07 Jun 2022HANSARDGP AccessTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to address the delays experienced by patients trying to access their GP.07 Jun 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble and learned Lord, who showed how much more interesting a debate on a procurement Bill can be than we thought when we started…25 May 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, what an extraordinary Bill this is. It is silent on so many of the pressing issues facing our school system. It is silent on the financial pressures in the early years…23 May 2022HANSARDNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceCan the noble Lord explain what he means by a more proportionate response? Does that mean that NICE is reducing the number of stages that are involved in this process? Is it going…23 May 2022