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HANSARDUN Convention on the Rights of the ChildMy Lords, I have to say that the Conservatives’ commitment to children’s rights is very much open to question, not least since 2018, when the post of Minister for Children and…16 Nov 2020HANSARDCarbon EmissionsMy Lords, with the USA now poised to rejoin the world, there exists the real possibility of global leadership towards net-zero carbon emissions. The Prime Minister’s announcement…09 Nov 2020HANSARDQualificationsMy Lords, the Question from my noble friend Lord Haskel rightly calls for qualifications that are of value to both individuals and employers. The Minister may be aware of a report…03 Nov 2020HANSARDEducation (Exemption from School and Further Education Institutions Inspections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, Labour supports these regulations, as they reverse the legislation that was incorporated into the Education Act 2011 that we opposed at the time. That we are considering…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFree School MealsMy Lords, in June, the Minister rebuffed my call for an extension of free school meal vouchers to cover the summer holidays, saying: “There is support out there for those who need…27 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Catch-up PremiumMy Lords, it spoke volumes about this Government’s attitude to poverty that last week their MPs were ordered to vote against a Labour motion to provide food vouchers for…26 Oct 2020HANSARDLifetime Skills Guarantee and Post-16 EducationMy Lords, Labour broadly welcomes the contents of the Statement and we certainly share the stated determination of the Secretary of State to raise the status of further, technical…06 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: School Students Learning From HomeMy Lords, as my noble friend Lady McDonagh said, the coronavirus lockdown exposed the digital divide in education, with around three-quarters of a million disadvantaged young…05 Oct 2020HANSARDSchools: Spending per PupilTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies 2020 annual report on education spending in England: schools , published on 18…23 Sept 2020HANSARDEducation: A-level ResultsMy Lords, the Secretary of State, the Department for Education and Ofqual were all warned by Cambridge Assessment of serious flaws in the grading of exams two weeks before A-level…23 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Spending per PupilMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for that Answer, but schools in England have suffered the most severe funding cut in 40 years, with the biggest brunt falling on secondary…23 Sept 2020HANSARDExaminations: A-level and GCSEMy Lords, for exams in 2021 Ofqual is proposing that, in most subjects at GCSE and in all subjects at A-level, students will be expected to have covered the full course content,…15 Sept 2020HANSARDScience Research Funding in Universities (Science and Technology Committee Report)My Lords, we are all indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and other members of the Science and Technology Select Committee, for the comprehensive manner in which they examined…09 Sept 2020HANSARDUCAS End of Cycle Report 2019My Lords, the admissions system has barely changed since I was one of just 10% of school leavers to go to university in 1970. It is now nearly 50%, yet it is assumed that largely…08 Sept 2020HANSARDIndustrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2020My Lords, I thank the Minister for the clear and concise manner in which she laid out this statutory instrument and what it seeks to achieve. The Opposition welcome the…02 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools and Colleges: Qualification Results and Full OpeningMy Lords, my apologies: I thought that the noble Baroness the Minister was going to repeat the Statement. I start by congratulating young people across the country on their GCSE…02 Sept 2020HANSARDSchools: Arts TeachingMy Lords, studies have shown that the arts can improve young people’s cognitive abilities and contribute to raising the—[ Inaudible .]—particularly for children from lower-income…22 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Childcare SectorMy Lords, the Prime Minister has put parents in an impossible position by urging a return to work over the summer while failing to provide adequate support for childcare. […21 Jul 2020HANSARDEmployment: Young PeopleMy Lords, the Resolution Foundation recently pointed out that the corona class of 2020, as it referred to it, could face years of reduced pay and limited job prospects, long after…20 Jul 2020HANSARDEducation Settings: Autumn OpeningMy Lords, we want to see every child safely back in school when the new term begins in September, but simply willing it, or even making it compulsory, does not mean it will…08 Jul 2020