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HANSARDSchool (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, mentioned Belvedere, but there is also the independent selective school Liverpool College, which is now an academy with no selection; and St Edward’s…02 Dec 2022HANSARDSchool (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and other noble Lords, I take part in the Learn with the Lords programme, which involves all types of schools, from maintained…02 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth Promotion Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking the Whips for allowing me to speak despite my late arrival. I perhaps needed healthcare when I arrived: I left Liverpool on the 7 am train, which was…02 Dec 2022HANSARDEducation SystemMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that for every child to have the opportunities that she talks about it is important that we identify those children with special educational…30 Nov 2022HANSARDYoung People: Skills (Youth Unemployment Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Career Connect and a vice-president of the Local Government Association. It was a privilege to serve on this Select Committee, and I…23 Nov 2022HANSARDYoung People: Skills (Youth Unemployment Committee Report)I presume that is not a formal qualification but an in-house requirement.23 Nov 2022HANSARDChild Hunger in SchoolsMy Lords, of course no child should go starving. Would the Minister not consider extending the coalition’s policy of giving free school meals to all key stage 1 children to key…22 Nov 2022HANSARDChild Hunger in SchoolsMy Lords—22 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Workers (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022My Lords, we welcome this SI. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Jones, that it is nice to have a policy background that is concise, well written and easily understandable to those…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice and Crime Commissioner Elections (Amendment) Order 2022My Lords, I will start with the police and crime commissioner SI. This is a sensible change to the legislation as it brings the legal requirements for so-called notional…15 Nov 2022HANSARDKinship CareMy Lords, noble Lords can go on to the charity Kinship’s website and look at each parliamentary constituency to see how many children are in care and how many are in kinship…14 Nov 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for bringing forward this regret Motion, which highlights important issues arising from the continued managed…24 Oct 2022HANSARDTimes Education Commission ReportMy Lords, I sometimes wish I had the confidence and ability just to push aside my prepared words and respond to some of the comments that have been made. For example, the noble…13 Oct 2022HANSARDChildren in CareThe Minister will be aware that, over the past decade, an increasing number of children and young people have been put in placements outside their home area—there has been…12 Oct 2022HANSARDFamily-strengthening PoliciesMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that the current Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a stated aim of ensuring that no child grows up in an institution. What…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I said at Second Reading, putting the register aside for a moment, that we as a society have a responsibility to ensure that all our children are safe, secure and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, before speaking to the amendments, I want to quickly say how much I agree with Amendment 101 on British values from the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, and…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Before the Minister finishes, will she respond to Amendment 77 from my noble friend Lady Garden, about examination costs? Maybe she will have that in mind that when she meets…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 100, in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Shipley. I hoped that we could have spent the same amount of time talking about the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]That is the statutory guidance, but what is the Minister’s department doing in relation to those many local authorities which take no notice?18 Jul 2022