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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as a chair of an academy trust and as a trustee of the Education Policy Institute. I shall give a little background on trustees and their role and…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I support my noble friend. I say to the noble Lords, Lord Knight and Lord Blunkett, that if a teacher has been teaching in the private sector for 20 years and is well qualified in…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I appreciate that my noble friend the Minister is in a difficult position; I am sure that she is reflecting greatly on the points that noble Lords across the House have…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Although I share some of the noble Lord’s concerns about simplifying the regulatory system, as a lawyer—and, I admit, an academy sponsor—I struggle with the concept of producing…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I have listened carefully to what everyone has said and do not disagree with much. I only ask what is wrong with the independent school standards, which all academies…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I apologise; I should have declared my interests earlier as a chair of a multi-academy trust and a trustee of the Education Policy Institute. It is not particularly…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Then I will defer to the noble Lord, Lord Knight.08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Perhaps my noble friend can help me with the fact that Amendments 39A, 39B and 39C are not on this Marshalled List at all.08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I do not doubt that, but it is unlikely that in a local authority you would have a person working in one organisation who could be developed thoroughly by that one organisation.…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will comment on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, about the benefits for an outstanding school of moving into a multi-academy trust, given that it is…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare my interests as a sponsor and chair of Future Academies and a trustee of the Education Policy Institute. Unsurprisingly, I am delighted that the Government are…23 May 2022HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsThat the Grand Committee takes note of the contribution made by free schools to improving educational standards.10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsMy Lords, I have greatly enjoyed today’s debate. As always, I found myself agreeing with much of what the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, said, although I struggle to accept…10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsI am flattered by my noble friend’s remarks. I am sure that other noble Lords will mention UTCs, which are of course an important part of the programme.10 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsMy Lords, it gives me great pleasure to open this debate on free schools and the programme of this Government and the previous coalition Government, which I think I can safely say…10 Jan 2019