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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak principally to the amendment in my name, Amendment 79B, about regional boards. This is part of my ongoing quest—our ongoing quest, as a Committee —to…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am supportive of the last two speeches. One of the things that I suppose I regret about the decline of collective worship is the decline of moments of collective…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]That is where I part company with my noble friend, in that I am relatively comfortable with others managing the schools, but with that management being accountable to local…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Given the noble Lord’s relatively recent experience as Academies Minister, can he clarify, using those four things, how he would have gone about dealing with the 1% that is the…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I remind the Committee of my interests in respect of education in the register; in particular, I chair the trust board of the E-ACT multi-academy trust. This…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Reflecting on the debate that we have had, it occurs to me that, effectively, in announcing that all schools will become academies, it is an announcement of the end of the…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Only if the noble Lord has finished; I do not mean to interrupt. This is a really important debate on a very important set of amendments. They are essentially about two issues:…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I follow those welcome comments from the noble Baroness. This conversation—the closest thing we get to pre-legislative scrutiny—ought to give us the opportunity to guide…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I did not want to stand up again, but I need to respond quickly to my noble friend, just to defend the record of some multi-academy trusts. In doing so, I do not want to…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Baker. I listened to what my noble friend Lady Morris said about following our noble friend Lord Blunkett and,…23 May 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]That the Bill do now pass.04 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends Lord Blunkett and Lord Watson—particularly my noble friend Lord Blunkett, who is the father of citizenship in our schools. I think my…04 Mar 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass, and in doing so I thank noble Lords on all sides, Jamie Agombar from Teach the Future, Ann Finlayson from SEEd and members of…04 Mar 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, 2030 will be 20 years since Michael Gove became Secretary of State for Education. Two-thirds of pupils currently achieve the expected standards in literacy and numeracy…07 Feb 2022HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, although it is my Bill, I thought that I could probably take advantage of Committee and speak twice. But I take this advantage to outline why I am in support of the…03 Dec 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher TrainingMy Lords, I start by paying tribute to the excellent opening by my noble friend Lady Donaghy and commending my noble friend Lady Morris on her excellent contribution, joined by…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]What the Minister said about the net-zero strategy and the Skills and Productivity Board was really reassuring, but how does that work connect directly to local skills improvement…12 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, before I start, I remind your Lordships of my education interests as in the register, in particular my work with Purpose Inc. on a campaign called Future ProofEd. I have…16 Jul 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.16 Jul 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am most grateful to speakers on all sides of the House and all sides of the debate for their contributions. I thoroughly enjoyed the debate, and I hope that everybody…16 Jul 2021