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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I was very taken by the comment by my noble friend Lady Morris about the ways in which local areas will be defined. She made an…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, it gives me pleasure to welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, to the Dispatch Box for the first time in a Bill Committee. May I say how well she is looking? If we do…15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]15 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]15 Jul 2021HANSARDEarly Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021That this House regrets that the Early Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021 introduces the Reception Baseline…13 Jul 2021HANSARDEarly Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I make no apology for the wording of this regret Motion being based on the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee’s report, which very clearly set out the concerns…13 Jul 2021HANSARDEarly Years Foundation Stage (Miscellaneous Amendments) and Childcare Fees (Amendment) Regulations 2021My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I also thank all noble Lords who have spoken. It is not often that I am accused of being timorous, as suggested by the noble Lord,…13 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Education SettingsMy Lords, once again I want to pay tribute to all education staff, pupils and parents, who have done so much over the past 16 months to ensure that children and young people were…08 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, despite several noble Lords listed to speak falling by the wayside, I commend those noble Lords who have stuck it out for their contributions to the debate on this…06 Jul 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Education AttendanceMy Lords, according to the Department for Education’s own figures, last week one in 20 children in state schools in England were absent due to confirmed coronavirus infections. I…01 Jul 2021HANSARDChildren’s Rights: Digital EnvironmentUnderstandable confusion from the Lord Speaker. My Lords, The Ofcom Online Nation 2021 Report showed that lockdown had highlighted the digital divide and that, with one in 10…01 Jul 2021HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on reintroducing this Bill on hardwiring into policy-making the future interests of generations. As he said, we cannot have the…25 Jun 2021HANSARDWellbeing of Future Generations Bill [HL]I was informed by the Whips’ Office that I had seven minutes. I shall finish in one sentence. The Bill proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Bird, offers England the opportunity to…25 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren: Care HomesMy Lords, it was deeply disappointing to see that the first report, published last week, of the MacAlister review of children’s social care, did not champion 16 and 17 year-olds…21 Jun 2021HANSARDCovid-19: ChildrenMy Lords, we are all indebted to my noble friend Lady Morris for sponsoring this debate and for opening it so passionately and powerfully. I think she has inspired many of the…17 Jun 2021HANSARDYoung People: Post-pandemic EmploymentMy Lords, the ONS figures also show that the unemployment rate for black, Asian and minority ethnic people is more than double that for white people. Sad to say, that also applies…16 Jun 2021HANSARDChildren with Genetic Conditions: Specialist SupportMy Lords, the head of Ofsted has highlighted that children with special educational needs and disabilities have incurred some of the biggest learning losses from schools closing,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been a fascinating and in many ways stimulating debate. Perhaps that was inevitable given that participants included four former Secretaries of State for…15 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryMy Lords, I am afraid there is simply no disguising the fact that the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins as Education Recovery Commissioner is a huge blow to the Secretary of…08 Jun 2021HANSARDEducation RecoveryTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins as Education Recovery Commissioner, what steps they will take to develop a long-term plan to help…07 Jun 2021