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HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, we are all indebted to my noble friend Lord Knight for bringing this Bill forward and, in doing so, drawing on his long-established commitment to and campaigning on…04 Mar 2022HANSARDMusic Education in State SchoolsMy Lords, the figures enunciated by the noble Lord, Lord Black, are indeed compelling. They are very largely the result of the English baccalaureate being introduced and will not…02 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Tutoring ProgrammeMy Lords, the Minister’s bold attempts at boosterism cannot disguise the fact that the element of the National Tutoring Programme entrusted to Randstad is a car crash. I take no…24 Feb 2022HANSARDHigher Education: T-LevelsMy Lords, if T-levels are to be a success—we on these Benches very much want them to be—there are two issues. One has been raised by the noble Lords, Lord Lingfield and Lord…24 Feb 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Effect on Education in Deprived CommunitiesMy Lords, at his press conference with the Prime Minister on Monday, the Chief Scientific Adviser said that “this virus feeds off inequality and it drives inequality and that…23 Feb 2022HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]My Lords, we are all indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Bird, not only for bringing this Bill forward and thus allowing the important issues that it encompasses to be debated in…04 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool AbsencesMy Lords, the ongoing disruption caused by absences of pupils and teachers is evidence that the Government have failed to get a grip on the measures required to keep children…03 Feb 2022HANSARDBBC FundingMy Lords, the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Bottomley, and the noble Lord, Lord McNally, about the Secretary of State should perhaps be put in the context of the fact that…25 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations for School PupilsI thank the Minister for that very full response but the figures he has quoted are at odds with those issued just last week by the Department for Education on the vaccination of…17 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations for School PupilsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on delivering vaccinations for Covid-19 to school pupils since the Christmas holidays.17 Jan 2022HANSARDEducation: Return in JanuaryMy Lords, I am pleased to take this opportunity to wish both noble Baronesses on the Front Bench opposite and all noble Lords a happy and healthy new year, and certainly a better…06 Jan 2022HANSARDChildren and Young People in Care: AccommodationMy Lords, on this day 30 years ago, the Government made a pledge to the United Nations that they would honour the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which contains…16 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Curriculum: First Aid Training and Home NursingMy Lords, I am sorry to say this, because I know the noble Baroness raised this Question in good faith, but it is unhelpful because it deflects from the pressing need for the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Openings: January 2022My Lords, before I respond to the government response to the Question, I am sure I am not alone in my thoughts being dominated today by the absolutely horrific news from Tasmania.…16 Dec 2021HANSARDAlternative EducationMy Lords, two and half years have now passed since the Timpson review of school exclusions presented its report, following which the DfE confirmed that it would hold schools…15 Dec 2021HANSARDChild SafeguardingMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. I do not doubt the sincerity of the commitments that it contains. This has to be one of the most harrowing and tragic…06 Dec 2021HANSARDEducation (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]My Lords, I fully support the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, as it would strengthen my noble friend Lord Knight’s Bill. Since this excellent and…03 Dec 2021HANSARDEarly Years InterventionsMy Lords, the additional funding announced in the spending review to support children and families, including, as the Minister said, the creation of family hubs, is very welcome,…01 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021That this House regrets that the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021 (SI 2021/1101) represents a real terms pay cut for the vast majority of teachers; further…01 Dec 2021HANSARDSchool Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021My Lords, the wording of this regret Motion is self-explanatory. When inflation is taken into account, this order amounts to a reduction in pay for all but a very few teachers at…01 Dec 2021