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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an important group of amendments, very well introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas; like the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, I do not propose to spend much time…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an important set of amendments about Part 3 of the Bill, and it is our first opportunity to really debate it. It is not a part that I had time to really reflect…20 Jun 2022HANSARDMedia LiteracyMy Lords, the 2003 media literacy duty on Ofcom that the Minister referred to predates social media and urgently needs updating. Carole Cadwalladr’s work has shown how online…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]While we are at it, I declare my interest that I work with a company called EVERFI, which does some of this work, but it liaises with money-making commercial organisations to…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I speak in favour of all the amendments in this group, and in particular Amendment 168. However, before I get to that, I will speak in respect of Amendment 91, on…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Deben, partly because he may be supportive, given his expertise in climate change, of my amendment, which I will speak…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My understanding is that the powers in the Bill including ones for single-academy trusts to be subject to all the directions and all the compliance that we discussed on Monday. I…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Is the Minister intending to conduct some kind of regulatory review and consultation prior to Report?15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I hope that this is an appropriate moment to ask this question. In listening to, and thinking about, this debate, my mind has gone to free schools and their duties to consult. We…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My noble friend may know that the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which is regarded as pretty authoritative on these things, has said that school spending per pupil in England fell…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful again for this half-hour debate and for the Minister’s reply. It is important that we have a vision for the whole system, now that we are moving to a…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I find myself leading on a whole series of groups: it is slightly challenging, jumping around. This one is about teachers, qualified teacher status and teachers’ pay. It amends…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, Schedule 1 applies the maintained school legislation to academies, as set out in the controversial Clause 3 that we have just been discussing. My amendment seeks to make…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a lot of sympathy with the intervention from the Front Bench by my noble friend Lady Chapman around the unfortunate nature of the grouping of these amendments. I…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful that we have been able to have an hour and 20 minutes to discuss admissions. Given that the Government’s policy is that all schools should become…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise yet again. This substantial group is about intervention and termination powers. Most of the group is made up of stand part debates on a series of clauses. My…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am grateful for those last comments, and that I do not have to speak for six minutes before I get my food while others discuss the national food strategy. I am pleased to hear…13 Jun 2022