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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Has any staffing assessment been done by the department? My interpretation of what the Bill is now saying is that a huge growth is due in the number of staff who will be employed…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, there are 10 amendments in this group, and my name is on two: Amendments 92 and 93. I have found the debate and discussion on a number of issues in this group extremely…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Norwood Green, for the amendment on the free school meals grant. My Amendment 90, also in the name of…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I thank the Minister very much indeed. We have had a very helpful debate. I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 41 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Storey, I will speak also to Amendments 77, 79A and 95. Amendment 41 is aimed at ensuring that schools…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I can clarify that for the Minister. I simply picked up a view that rural schools may feel that they could lose money and that, as a consequence, such a school may feel that it…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will just make a very brief contribution. I have found this a very helpful, thoughtful debate which will merit reading in Hansard tomorrow to get some of the finer…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, my name is attached to Amendments 78 and, with my noble friend Lord Storey, Amendment 162. Amendment 78 deals with the issue that we were discussing earlier about the…13 Jun 2022HANSARDConstitutional CommissionI am sorry; we have no clocks in front of us—that is the problem. In conclusion, the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, talked of the stark political differences there are now. He talked of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDConstitutional CommissionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for enabling us to have this debate. I agree with him about the need to set up a commission and consider options for a new…09 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I agree very strongly with the case made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for a governing body in each academy. I want to speak specifically to Amendment 38,…08 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I think I support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman of Darlington, said. I am not a signatory to any of the amendments in this group, but I am fully…08 Jun 2022HANSARDHer Majesty the Queen’s Platinum JubileeMy Lords, today we are celebrating 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the realms and the Commonwealth by Her Majesty the Queen. She is, as we have heard, the…26 May 2022HANSARDSocial Homes for RentTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to increase the number of social homes for rent.26 May 2022HANSARDSocial Homes for RentMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and remind the House of my interests in the register.26 May 2022HANSARDEconomy UpdateMy Lords, I cannot find anything in the Statement in relation to prepayment meters. There is a lot about those on low incomes and rising energy prices, but for many people on low…26 May 2022HANSARDSocial Homes for RentThe Minister talks about 32,000 homes for social rent, yet 1.2 million households in this country are on council house waiting lists. The Government recently published their…26 May 2022HANSARDNorth East Ambulance ServiceMy Lords, in 2019, Matt Hancock MP, the then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, vowed to end non-disclosure agreements in the NHS, yet earlier this year bosses at the…23 May 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. The noble Lord, Lord…23 May 2022