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HANSARDEducation: Alternative ProvidersMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Storey, raised an important point about unregistered schools in the AP sector. I think the Minister—who is slightly out of his normal remit today in…27 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife Crime: First Aid in SchoolsI thank the Minister for that reply. Children are learning in school how to deliver first aid to knife crime victims because they increasingly find themselves affected by…13 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife Crime: First Aid in SchoolsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of schools offering pupils advice on what first aid to deliver, and how to communicate clearly with…13 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Research FundingMy Lords, despite several opportunities, the Minister has failed to say what will happen after 2020 when the Government’s guarantees run out. He will be aware that last month the…11 Mar 2019HANSARDUniversities: BAME Women in Leadership PositionsMy Lords, the dearth of black, Asian and minority ethnic people, particularly women, in senior positions in Russell group universities, is shocking but not surprising. Surely it a…07 Mar 2019HANSARDSchools: Swimming and Life-saving SkillsThe Minister has answered a considerable number of questions but he has not answered one of mine in relation to the funding that supports the announcement in October last year of…06 Mar 2019HANSARDSchools: Swimming and Life-saving SkillsMy Lords, we are indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for initiating this debate on the very important—though often underreported—subjects of swimming and life-saving skills.…06 Mar 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education, and Health EducationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating this important Statement. We welcome the fact that the Government are introducing the provisions of the Children and Social Work Act…25 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Free School MealsMy Lords, the delay in the rollout of UC is surely a recognition by the Government that inter alia they have not offered proper protection to around 1 million children in poverty…21 Feb 2019HANSARDEducation, Health and Care PlansMy Lords, autism is the special educational need that most often features in SEND appeals. Many of the cases are the result of local authorities having refused an education,…14 Feb 2019HANSARDMulti-Academy Trusts: SalariesNow that the advertising is over, I make the point that in primary as well as secondary academies, head teachers earn on average more than their counterparts in the maintained…14 Feb 2019HANSARDUniversities: Financial SustainabilityMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Answer to the UQ in the form of a Statement. Two impending great unknowns have combined to leave many universities feeling…11 Feb 2019HANSARDHigher Education (Fee Limits for Accelerated Courses) (England) Regulations 2018My Lords, I think it is fair to say that there is broad agreement on the urgent need to address the lack of flexibility in our higher education system. With the challenges facing…29 Jan 2019HANSARDTeacher Recruitment and Retention StrategyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement, and welcome much of the strategy, as well as the fact that the teaching unions were fully involved in formulating it.…29 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service InterpretingMy Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, on initiating this debate on a subject of some urgency. For that reason, I share the dismay of the noble Lord, Lord…23 Jan 2019HANSARDChildren: Special Educational NeedsMy Lords, it is no surprise at all that the Minister did not refer in any of his replies to the fact that the Ofsted annual report, published last month and looking at SEND…22 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: English BaccalaureateMy Lords, following in the vein of the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Black, I offer the Minister a quote: “Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical…21 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: Art and DesignMy Lords, I am pleased to hear from the Minister that Ofsted is to look at this, because arts subjects are compulsory in the national curriculum only at key stages 1 to 3. As the…17 Jan 2019HANSARDEducation: Treating Students Fairly (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, this debate has done justice to the quality of the Economic Affairs Committee and its many recommendations. I commend it and the chairmanship of the noble Lord, Lord…16 Jan 2019HANSARDFree Schools: Educational StandardsMy Lords, I welcome the return of the noble Lord, Lord Nash, to the fray. For two years, we sparred across our respective Dispatch Boxes, which I very much enjoyed, but suddenly,…10 Jan 2019