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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend the Minister for that comprehensive response and I thank noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. One thing that has always struck me about your…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am pleased to introduce this group of amendments, half of which are in my name. Before I go on to them, I will say a word about yesterday’s spending review. I…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate on this group, particularly the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and the noble Lord, Lord Russell, both of whom…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lords, Lord Storey and Lord Russell. I will speak to Amendment 145 in my name. To be honest, I am pleasantly surprised that the Public…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, introducing a national register for foster carers would produce many benefits. Overall, it would enhance their status. One resulting effect would be to attract more…12 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 107B, which is in my name. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that the same legal rights would apply to a child in care as those…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I always think there is something rather sad about an amendment that sits on its own and forms a group of its own. It looks almost afraid to speak its name. However, I…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI thank my noble friend for the points that she has made. She referenced the update that came out in April, but that does not go far enough to meet recommendation 6 of IICSA,…09 Jun 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend. Her last point—about the proposal in my amendment having little to no effect—carries considerable weight coming from someone with her…09 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I am pleased to speak in support of my noble friend Lady Warwick on an issue that, as far as I am aware, has not appeared anywhere else but is of some importance. There…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I rise to express a view that I did not think I would be expressing in your Lordships’ House. I am utterly appalled by this proposition and the speech from the noble…03 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 77 on foster carers’ leave, and Amendments 78 and 79 on kinship carers’ leave. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, on bringing them…13 May 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI appreciate what the Minister has said. If I heard him correctly, he said it would not be appropriate to introduce this leave without undertaking an assessment of how it would be…13 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I very much welcome this Bill. It reminds me of that Frank Sinatra song about New York—so good they named it twice. The Bill has in effect been named twice, because it…01 May 2025HANSARDGovernment Supply Chains: CottonMy Lords—24 Apr 2025HANSARDFree School MealsI thank my noble friend for her Answer, but the bureaucracy involved in registering is proving a barrier for many families. As a result, a considerable number of children are…02 Apr 2025HANSARDFree School MealsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make it more straightforward for parents to check their children’s eligibility for free school meals.02 Apr 2025