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HANSARDSchool Admissions: Selective InclusionI thank my noble friend for that response. She mentioned the existing requirements on school admissions, but as the Sutton Trust report revealed, 36% fewer pupils with SEND from…08 Jun 2026HANSARDSchool Admissions: Selective InclusionTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Sutton Trust Selective Inclusion , published on 24 March, which found that the top 500…08 Jun 2026HANSARDArtificial Intelligence: Impact on Human Relationships and SocietyMy Lords, the powerful opening speech by the most reverend Primate contained much wisdom. For me, however, perhaps the main takeaway will be a call for AI developers to answer the…05 Jun 2026HANSARDAI Regulation BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, has done us all a favour by facilitating this discourse, but it should not be necessary. In the 2024 King’s Speech, the Government committed…04 Jun 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, the immigration and asylum Bill includes welcome provisions to change the modern slavery system, including better tools for law enforcement to tackle exploitation and…18 May 2026HANSARDProcedure and Privileges CommitteeMy Lords, I speak as the chair of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee, and I want to put on the record that I very much approve of the suggested additional day on…23 Apr 2026HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, on securing this important if brief debate. There was much to welcome in both the Curriculum and Assessment Review and the…26 Mar 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) BillMy Lords, it is common for noble Lords to start their speeches by saying that it is a pleasure to follow either a noble Lord or a noble Baroness, and that is generally true. There…12 Mar 2026HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills White PaperTo ask His Majesty’s Government how they plan to use the Post-16 education and skills white paper, published on 20 October 2025, to promote and deliver a culture of lifelong…24 Feb 2026HANSARDPost-16 Education and Skills White PaperI thank my noble friend for that response. I know she is aware that tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the launch by the then Arts Minister, Jennie Lee, later Baroness Lee of…24 Feb 2026HANSARDDonations to Political PartiesMy Lords, I appreciate the panache and brio with which the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, delivers his speeches, but I have to say that I disagree with him on state funding. I will…12 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, nine months after Second Reading, in which I spoke, it falls to me to speak to the last of the, by my tally, 254 amendments on Report, on top of 725 amendments tabled in…03 Feb 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am introducing this group as Amendments 37 and 38 are in my name and I have added my name to Amendment 59 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler. I will not…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for those remarks. I will just start on the point that she finished on: that the Government are totally committed to ensuring that all young…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Russell. As he said, he has played a major role within Coram, the organisation which, as we sit here now, is celebrating…19 Jan 2026HANSARDBritish Embassy in DamascusTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they intend to re-open the British Embassy in Damascus.02 Dec 2025HANSARDBritish Embassy in DamascusI thank my noble friend for that response, and I note the positive tone. She will be aware the President Trump has already met twice with President al-Sharaa, most recently at the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDDraft Statutory Guidance on the Meaning of “Significant Influence or Control”My Lords, my noble friend Lady Debbonaire said that the Bill originated as a Tory proposal when she was a shadow Minister. I do not think she had joined your Lordships’ House a…02 Dec 2025HANSARDProtection of Children Codes of PracticeMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, began with an apology and I must do the same, because I did not leave my office soon enough and I missed the first few paragraphs of the…30 Oct 2025