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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am learning all the time, after 10 years. Some 80% of all learning is visual. A child who has undiagnosed, uncorrected vision problems faces academic disadvantages, particularly…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I was slightly diverted there. I am going to be very brief. I am diverted because—is Amendment 123 in this group? Yes, it is. I will perhaps ask the Minister a question. Any…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I shall speak to my own Amendment 149, and also speak to Amendment 152 and 171C. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mendelsohn, and the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, for the amendments…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments is extremely important and I just want to raise a number of issues arising from them. Let me remind noble Lords that in the early 1970s the only…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I am speaking in place of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, who was at a meeting at the DfE. As he arrived late, he did not want to be accused of not being part of the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Soley, on his work in the area of home education. I would have thought that the duty of society is to ensure that its…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Before the Minister finishes, I say that the local authorities have been heavily involved in this data information issue. What sort of consultations were held with the Local…20 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans is right that parents should have the right to choose the educator for their children, whether they choose a voluntary…20 Jun 2022HANSARDIndependent Review of Children’s Social CareMy Lords, we too very much welcome this review and thank all those involved in presenting it to us. I associate my remarks with all those people involved in working with children…24 May 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I thank those organisations and individuals that have been kind enough to send out…23 May 2022HANSARDTouring Hauliers: Arts OrganisationsI am sure that the Minister is aware that those performers most affected are those at the lower and middle part of the industry. How will they be helped by these cabotage…18 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I also take this opportunity to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, to the…17 May 2022HANSARDSchools: Model History CurriculumMy Lords, will the Minister support Troy Deeney, the captain of Birmingham City Football Club, who is running a high-profile campaign to make the teaching of black, Asian and…16 May 2022HANSARDSchool Governing Bodies: DiversityMy Lords, I wonder how we can have a local employer on a governing body or hear the voices of parents from diverse communities if a governing body does not exist. These days, many…28 Apr 2022HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2022I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jones, for that tour de force, and, having spent the week in Anglesey, we have a Welsh connection. As the Minister rightly said, the construction…25 Apr 2022HANSARDEducation: Multi Academy TrustsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lingfield, for securing this debate. We note the growth of multi-academy trusts in the school system and the ways in which strong MATs can…06 Apr 2022HANSARDSchools White PaperMy Lords, I apologise for being a few minutes late; I hope that I shall not be sent to the back of the class. I thank the Minister for the Statement. I like the tone of it; I like…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools: Creative Subjects and the English BaccalaureateThe Minister will be aware that since the introduction of the EBacc in schools, there has been and is a creativity crisis—for example, in music there has been a 16.83% fall in…29 Mar 2022HANSARDSchools: Creative Subjects and the English BaccalaureateTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the teaching of creative subjects in schools since the introduction of the English Baccalaureate.29 Mar 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I start again by thanking the Minister for meeting with myself and colleagues and with the Minister for the Department of Work and Pensions. I think we are all agreed…24 Mar 2022