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HANSARDAccess to Musical Education in SchoolMy Lords, I also commend my noble friend Lord Boateng on securing this important debate and setting the scene most effectively, not least in listing the worrying statistics around…18 Oct 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I start by apologising for my bad timing in not arriving for the previous set of amendments to which I was a signatory. I was caught on the hop, and it takes a few hops…05 Sept 2023HANSARDT-levelsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Ofsted’s final report of its T-level thematic review, published on 20 July, specifically its conclusions that (1)…25 Jul 2023HANSARDT-levelsI thank the Minister for that response, but the Ofsted T-level review was highly critical, identifying what it termed a “range of shortcomings”. I hope this will lead to them…25 Jul 2023HANSARDT-levelsMy Lords, the Ofsted report also refers to some young people who started in the first tranche of T-levels expecting that they would assist them in gaining access to university…25 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 11. Before doing so, however, I want to touch on a point that the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Storey, made about sharia-compliant…10 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 3 and 6 in my name and those of my noble friend Lady Twycross and the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Storey, whom I thank for…10 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response, and I also thank those who spoke on this group of amendments. I am happy to welcome what the Minister said about fee limits not…10 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill10 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillThey may have been confidential discussions, but is the Minister able to tell the Committee what the stumbling block is to introducing suitable loans?10 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, three weeks ago I congratulated the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, on securing his QSD on freelancers in the arts and creative industries, but I said then that we needed a…07 Jul 2023HANSARDLifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) BillMy Lords, I much enjoyed the maiden speeches of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Sheffield and the noble Lord, Lord Sewell, and I look forward to doing so again in their…19 Jun 2023HANSARDArts and Creative Industries: Freelancers and Self-employed WorkersMy Lords, a two-minute speaking limit allows for not so much a speech as a comment, although the upside, I suppose, is that it is a result of so many noble Lords being passionate…15 Jun 2023HANSARDChildren in Care: Gone Too Far ReportI thank the Minister for that reply, but the Become report highlights some of the effects on children of being moved away from home, such as isolation and stigma. The Government’s…23 May 2023HANSARDChildren in Care: Gone Too Far ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report Gone Too Far , published in April 2023 by the charity Become, that the number of…23 May 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. Three years ago, after the Government had removed all post-study work opportunities and rolled out the then Home Secretary’s…21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Higher Education StudentsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to arrest the decline in the United Kingdom’s global market share in international higher education students, which fell…21 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I commend the noble Baroness, Lady Lampard, on her maiden speech. She will make many more fine speeches in your Lordships’ House, and I assure her that none will feel as…10 Mar 2023HANSARDSEND and Alternative ProvisionMy Lords, there are many welcome aspects of the Statement, but it seems the Government still have not grasped the urgency of the situation surrounding children with special…09 Mar 2023HANSARDReform of Children’s Social CareMy Lords, the report has some very positive elements. Overall, I share the view of many noble Lords that it is a disappointment. I would not call it a missed opportunity, because…08 Feb 2023