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HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill02 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I too support the idea of a Select Committee that has been proposed by the Leader of the House: I think this is a very good way forward. I therefore very much support my…02 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Modern Industrial StrategyI will follow my noble friend and ask about Cinderella geographies. Coastal East Sussex is included in south-east England, but the examples given of the south-east are the Solent…30 Jun 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, whose wisdom and company I enjoyed during my time on the environment committee. I am a supporter of the Bill, by…25 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I very much support what my noble friend Lady Jenkin has just said—it seems to be an excellent prescription for the right way forward. We approached these technologies…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, there are indeed a number of these things going on, but no organised study with an organised direction is taking place. There is no communication between schools, with…23 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for those extensive replies. The delightful reminiscence from my noble friend Lady Fraser conjures up the thought of Report on the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 154 effectively asks the question, “Why? What is the justification for such an examination?”. I look forward to listening to the Minister’s response to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, a substantial number of teenage looked-after children are accommodated in adult homes and hostels. They should not be. I beg to move.17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Blake of Leeds, for that comprehensive reply. I think the most important amendment in this group was Amendment 144. As the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, the Minister will have noticed the difference between the answer she gave on the last group and the answer she gave on my amendment in this one. Channelling the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for what I thought was a really satisfactory set of responses to these amendments, and I thank her for that. Will she commit, when the…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, Amendment 98 in this group asks the same question I asked in the two previous groups: can we get local authorities to publicise what they are doing each year, to give…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I will also speak to my other amendments in this group. Amendment 77 just asks the question: what is the effect of “and others” at the end of Clause 6(2)? Is it just to…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, that was a really disappointing response to Amendment 98. We started with a response to Amendment 78 which was excellent, a continuing annual dialogue by someone who was…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 94 in this group. It is very much the same as my amendments in the last group. If we can get local authorities to say clearly what they are doing and…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI shall be very grateful for that. I hope the Minister will also have a quiet word in the ear of her colleagues responsible for the Employment Rights Bill, referring to the speech…12 Jun 2025