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HANSARDPrimary Schools: Mental Health ProblemsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to deal with mental health problems in primary schools.04 Feb 2025HANSARDPrimary Schools: Mental Health ProblemsI am grateful for the Minister’s reply. It is important that children and young people have access to mental health support, but of course the reasons that cause mental health and…04 Feb 2025HANSARDFree Schools and AcademiesMy Lords, I start by thanking the Minister, and my noble friend Lord Addington for allowing me to speak now and so be able to catch the last train to Liverpool. I will have to…23 Jan 2025HANSARDFree Schools and AcademiesOh, did she? I apologise. We want the best for all our children. Let us be very clear at the beginning: empirically, there appears to be very little difference between the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDPrimary Schools: Swimming LessonsMy Lords, I declare an interest as patron of the Royal Life Saving Society. The Minister will know that, in the 10 to 16 age group, one in three young people cannot swim; that is…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillMy Lords, I attended Second Reading but, as some noble Lords may have noticed, I was 90 seconds late and the Government Chief Whip said that I could not speak in the debate. I was…21 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this group. I want to make one observation. My noble friend Lady Grender and the noble Lord, Lord Randall, talked about…21 Jan 2025HANSARDHome SchoolingMy Lords, the MP for Woking, where this young girl Sara lived, was, interestingly, on the child protection register himself. He said: “Sara’s life cannot be brought back, but we…19 Dec 2024HANSARDQualifications Reform ReviewOn these Benches, we very much welcome this Statement. We got a flavour of what was to come when the Minister, in a recent opinion piece in Further Education Week , struck a more…18 Dec 2024HANSARDSchools: Music and Drama AccessMy Lords—17 Dec 2024HANSARDSchools: Music and Drama AccessMy Lords, creative subjects in schools have been in decline, I am afraid to say. You just have to look at the figures for, for example, drama, the importance of which for oracy,…17 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024Will the Government give Ofcom a steer on how local news will be provided—the amount of time it will be provided for, providing it on the weekend, not just weekdays, and whether…10 Dec 2024HANSARDLocal Digital Television Programme Services (Amendment) Order 2024My Lords, this was Jeremy Hunt’s big idea 10 years ago, when he said that Birmingham in the USA had several local TV stations and Birmingham in the UK had none. BBC licence fee…10 Dec 2024HANSARDMaintained Schools: Term DatesMy Lords, I thoroughly agree with everything the Minister has said. She is right that schools must be open for 190 days—195 days for teachers, so they can do the five days of…09 Dec 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I offer my apologies for not being able to be present at the first day in Committee, but I have read the Hansard of that day. My amendment is very similar to lots of…26 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I listened with great interest to what the Minister said and will read Hansard carefully—particularly her comments about accountability and accessibility to all. But, at…26 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]My Lords, I added my name to the important amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare. I was fascinated to hear that he actually read the Labour manifesto; that is…26 Nov 2024HANSARDInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]26 Nov 2024HANSARDHome School Education Registration and Support Bill [HL]My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I thank noble Lords for taking part in the Second Reading of the Home School Education…15 Nov 2024