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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, if I could share my recollection of the Countess of Mar, I was Agriculture spokesman for the last Government, and she had some strong opinions. Whenever I received my…09 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I very much support what the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, has said, as the Minister will know from my numerous amendments later in the Bill, which I look forward to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIn Committee, noble Lords may talk as many times as we like. We will try to keep it short though.03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am very grateful to the Minister for what she said. I entirely understand the limitations of discussions with officials, which is why I want to talk to her again about…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Amendment 206. My concern here is that Section 47 has a very broad class of orders. Some are extremely serious and some, frankly, are irrelevant to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her replies. I look forward to meetings after today to go into these matters further, but I very much understand what my…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, my Amendments 208, 216, 217, 220 and 225 seem eminently appropriate for discussing between today and September. Amendment 222 again raises the need for a tribunal to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I very much support what my noble friend said about young carers. We ought to be much better at collecting information on what is going on with young carers. The whole…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI am grateful for the Minister’s extensive responses to the amendments. She is right that I will keep coming back about tribunals. I am not attached to any particular form—a…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 211 goes to a much deeper part of this Bill: the assertion in lines 39 and 40 on page 51 that those in a local authority are the right people to determine what…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. Yes, I would very much like to pursue some of the details of this in meetings. The practicalities of what she described do not…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillIf I might address the general issues first, I remain unclear about many aspects of the Government’s policy. I was unaware of conversations with the implementation forum: if the…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I think this is a very important amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Meston. It reminds us that, in this part of the Bill, we dealing not just with parents who choose to…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, if I might pick up the Minister on a couple of small issues, could she first confirm to the House that we will see a form of registration that will include every child?…03 Jul 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill03 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for her reply and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillDoes the Leader intend this to be a subject for her Select Committee?02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, when considering the future of this House, one of the most important parts is what the relative proportions of the parties should be. The Government, when in opposition,…02 Jul 2025