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HANSARDJobs Market: Wider Economic ImplicationsMy Lords, I am more than happy to speak to Alan Milburn, given my long experience of working with NEETs. The question I will ask the Minister is about His Majesty’s Government…18 Dec 2025HANSARDJobs Market: Wider Economic ImplicationsMy Lords—18 Dec 2025HANSARDGirls: Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsMy Lords, I want to follow up on the Minister’s previous answer concerning primary education. What steps are being taken to encourage not only science teachers but other teachers…18 Dec 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs: InvestmentMy Lords, given that one of the big challenges for local authorities has been school transport for SEND children, what assessment has been done on how quickly these school places…17 Dec 2025HANSARDFree School MealsI welcome the child poverty strategy, which commits to no child in school going hungry. However, I am deeply concerned to hear that many schools, particularly in deprived areas,…16 Dec 2025HANSARDChildren: Social MediaMy Lords, what steps are the Government taking to ensure that parental controls and education initiatives are keeping pace with the ever-evolving risks that social media poses to…10 Dec 2025HANSARDAutumn Budget 2025My Lords, I start by congratulating the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Portsmouth on his excellent speech. I look forward to working alongside him on some of the social…04 Dec 2025HANSARDSchools: FundingMy Lords, do His Majesty’s Government have in place a monitoring system to look at the numbers of young people with special educational needs accessing private schools? I am…25 Nov 2025HANSARDChild Grooming Victims: Compensation AwardsMy Lords, the perpetrators of these crimes are men from all backgrounds, but many of them are not from upstanding backgrounds in the sense that some are involved in criminal…20 Nov 2025HANSARDGaza and SudanMy Lords, I join my noble friend Lord Purvis in his frustration about how long it has taken to have a Statement on Sudan. In particular, I have concerns around the credible…19 Nov 2025HANSARDIndependent Football RegulatorMy Lords, I declare an interest as a long-suffering Sheffield Wednesday supporter. Now that the regulator is in post, is the Minister assuring us that there will never be another…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTeachers: Music, Drama, Art and Design, and DanceMy Lords, when discussing the Curriculum and Assessment Review last week, the Minister highlighted that creative subjects will no longer be the privilege of the lucky few. Rural…17 Nov 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy Lords, I too begin by thanking Professor Becky Francis for her Curriculum and Assessment Review report. There is much in this final report that we on these Benches can welcome.…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPrison Services: InsourcingMy Lords, I urge the Minister to draw on local government experiences around private provision and insourcing. I think what is really important is how the contract is drawn up…05 Nov 2025HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, talked about supporting nations and communities in conflict. I hope that the Minister will also focus on challenging areas, such as…04 Nov 2025HANSARDPublic/Private Partnerships: SharesMy Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, in wishing the noble Lord, Lord Livermore, all the best for the task he has in hand—it is going to be a very difficult one. In…03 Nov 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025My Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Hunter, and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, in welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd of Effra, to her place in your Lordships’…23 Oct 2025HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills StrategyI support the comments of my noble friend Lord Storey and the noble Lord, Lord Knight, on NEETs and funding for them. One of the issues about NEETs is the “not known” figure. We…22 Oct 2025HANSARDStarvation as a Weapon of WarMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Silvertown, for securing this timely and profoundly important debate. I also support wholeheartedly the contributions from the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDGenome Screening: Newborn InfantsMy Lords, I just want to return to the issue of data and consent and build on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Winston, that the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, talked about.…18 Sept 2025