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HANSARDSchool Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (England) Order 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for that response; the tone she adopted was helpful. There are some points I would like to pick up, if I may. I think the Minister and I are the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher TrainingI accept what the Minister says about integrity, but three over just one summer and all in education—is that just a coincidence?18 Nov 2021HANSARDInitial Teacher TrainingMy Lords, we are all hugely indebted to my noble friend Lady Donaghy, not just for securing this important debate but for opening it in a manner so comprehensive that frankly she…18 Nov 2021HANSARDSchool Admissions Code 2021My Lords, may I start by saying how grand it is to be back in the Grand Committee Room after pretty close to two years? I always enjoy debates in this particular Room. I should…09 Nov 2021HANSARDBiometric Recognition Technologies in SchoolsMy Lords, we should all be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for introducing this important subject for debate. It is certainly timely but, although I share many of…04 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation: Teacher DeparturesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Storey, has just referred to a suggestion by the organisation Teach First about disadvantaged schools. That came from a report published by the…03 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I have prepared a few words that I intended to say on the Motion that the Bill Do Now Pass. I thought that the Minister would have moved that but we seem to have got…25 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation: Music and the ArtsMy Lords, the Minister needs to go back to her officials at the DfE if the figures she has been given suggest that the number of pupils sitting GCSEs and A-levels in arts subjects…25 Oct 2021HANSARDSchools: Examination AssessmentsMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to her new post. I could say she is at big school now. I also identify myself with the remarks of my colleague and noble friend Lord Hunt…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord. I did intend to speak before the end of the debate. I will speak to Amendment 11, which has cross-party support and has also been endorsed by the Local…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness. The time rumblings in certain areas are making us act a little less rationally. I will be very brief. I welcome the amendment tabled by the noble Lord,…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, we have had a really compelling debate, with some powerful speeches from education big hitters on all sides. I will not rehearse any of the arguments; they have been…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 28, 29 and 30 in my name plus, very briefly, Amendments 32 and 33, to which I have added my name. The Government are undertaking significant…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comprehensive responses. It is clear that she has quickly got up to speed on the Bill. However, she said—I think I am quoting her…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I beg to move.12 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Assemblies) Bill [HL]My Lords, first, I also offer a welcome to the Minister; while she is no novice at the Dispatch Box, I think I am right in saying that this is her first education debate. I…10 Sept 2021HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in the name of my noble friend Lord Bassam of Brighton.09 Sept 2021HANSARDSports Participation in SchoolsMy Lords, I pay tribute to all our Olympians and Paralympians in Tokyo; not all returned with a medal—though of course many did—but all returned, I think I can safely say, with…09 Sept 2021