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HANSARDEducation: Gender EqualityLast week, the United Nations Development Programme published its Gender Social Norms Index, an analysis of 75 countries that showed the shocking extent to which there has been a…10 Mar 2020HANSARDSchoolchildren: Dyslexia and Neurodiverse ConditionsMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for the huge amount of work that he undertakes on behalf of people of all ages with dyslexia, of which securing today’s…04 Mar 2020HANSARDChildren and Families: Early Years InterventionsMy Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester not just on securing this important debate but on the impressive and comprehensive manner in which she…27 Feb 2020HANSARDAdoption Support FundMy Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Russell, not just for securing this debate three times but for his tireless efforts on behalf of children and families engaged in…13 Feb 2020HANSARDChildren in CareMy Lords, I am not sure that the Minister has grasped the seriousness of this issue. He referred euphemistically to independent or semi-independent homes. These are homes that are…03 Feb 2020HANSARDLooked-after and Adopted ChildrenMy Lords, almost three-quarters of children in care live with a foster family. Those families are the unsung heroes of the system, providing a vital service at minimal cost while…28 Jan 2020HANSARDApprenticeship LevyMy Lords, I raised this issue with the Minister’s predecessor—without success, but we have a new year, new Minister and new Government, so let us see. Under the co-investment rule…28 Jan 2020HANSARDSchools: Excluded ChildrenI was pleased to hear the Minister support the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Baker. Further to that point, children with special educational needs and disability account for…27 Jan 2020HANSARDVocational Education and TrainingMy Lords, the noble Viscount, Lord Bridgeman, has done your Lordships a service in securing this important debate, because the world of work is rapidly changing and many of…28 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, a field of 60 speakers covering four government departments has produced wide-ranging and in many cases thought-provoking contributions. I have time to refer to just a…22 Oct 2019HANSARDEducation: Special Educational Needs BudgetTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take further to the recent survey of local authorities in England which found that since 2014 approximately £400 million has…17 Oct 2019HANSARDEducation: Special Educational Needs BudgetMy Lords, the survey by the Times laid bare the extent to which local authorities are desperately trying to compensate for the lack of resources provided by central government to…17 Oct 2019HANSARDT-levelsMy Lords, I also welcome the noble Baroness to her new post and her first Question as an Education Whip. Notwithstanding her Answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, before…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNewcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019I thank the Minister for introducing this order. As he said, it is of course similar to orders relating to six other combined authorities which we considered in your Lordships’…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNewcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019I am intrigued by the noble Lord’s comments. I unreservedly withdraw any suggestion that the Secretary of State might be acting in a macho manner—but it seems that somebody was.…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNational School Breakfast ProgrammeMy Lords, it should be a source of shame to the Government that after nine years in power some children in England turn up at school in the morning too hungry to learn. I was…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEducation FundingI thank the Minister for giving way. It is not so much about those progressing from being teaching assistants to being teachers, but that schools under such financial pressure…03 Sept 2019HANSARDEducation FundingMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Secretary of State’s Statement, but we feel that the announcement should come with a note of apology, because the Government have…03 Sept 2019HANSARDSharia-compliant Student FinanceMy Lords, the Minister has just given us what can best be described as obfuscation. This is a sorry tale dating back, as the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, said, to 2013, when Prime…25 Jul 2019HANSARDYoung Adults: Public Service FundingMy Lords, I begin by thanking my noble friend Lady Massey for securing this important debate. I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, that we have an entitlement to…18 Jul 2019