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HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I beg to move.18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Just to clarify a few of my remarks, I want to credit the noble Lord, Lord Soley, the Minister and the Government for doing research. That is important and I hope that the…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in discussing these amendments and thank the Minister, who I pay tribute to, as many others have done, for her…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]The law already places a requirement on parents to educate their children to the standards that the law requires; therefore, I would just refer to the law. It is not for me or for…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]Thank you, I will wrap up. I have two final amendments in this group. Amendment 86A in my name relates to a refusal to provide info not being sufficient reason to impose a school…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, in moving Amendment 64B I shall also speak to other amendments in my name. I declare an interest, as I have before, that I am from a home-educating family, which I am…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 119, and am generally supportive of a lot of the other amendments relating to mental health. Amendment 119 is conceived as a means to cut…18 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I support both propositions of delay, particularly not giving the Bill a Third Reading. Not only are there legislative problems with the Bill now not being a Bill in any…12 Jul 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I will clarify my position. A number of noble Lords have mentioned—and perhaps implied—that what I was trying to say was that we do not go after these bad actors and do…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I think that my amendment might have been missed out. I would be grateful if my noble friend the Minister had any thoughts on Amendment 171X and the idea of an ombudsman with the…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]I am sorry to interrupt again, but the point about Finland is important, because many of us in education policy—I helped to set up Teach First—have studied this material and I do…22 Jun 2022HANSARDSchools Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 171X on the proposal for an ombudsman to provide protection for home educators. I support many other amendments in the group. I pay tribute…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Senior Deputy Speaker for tabling this debate and declare my interest as a partner of the Shaftesbury Partnership, which is exploring some of…08 Dec 2021HANSARDHealth and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021My Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to Future Planet Capital, a sustainable investment firm that has a stake in Vaccitech, the start-up that licensed the intellectual…20 Jul 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, I am thankful that we can have this crucial debate today and I declare my interests in the register. For some time, it has been clear that we are in the midst of an…22 Apr 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Cooperation AgreementMy Lords, I too congratulate my noble friend Lord Wharton of Yarm on an excellent maiden and declare my interests in the register. In view of the time, I will focus on what we now…08 Jan 2021HANSARDSchools: ExamsMy Lords, given that the history of pandemics has shown that there are often many twists and turns, and given that even with the vaccine there may be further disruption for the…06 Jan 2021HANSARDElectric Scooter Trials and Traffic Signs (Coronavirus) Regulations and General Directions 2020My Lords, I declare my interests as listed in the register. I also declare that I am a fairly avid e-bike user and have tried out these scooters, albeit overseas on holiday. My…29 Sept 2020HANSARDEU: Future RelationshipMy Lords, I want to say thanks to many of those who have contributed to this debate. I declare my interest as in the register. There have been many speakers already, so I hope I…23 Sept 2020HANSARDUK Internal Market: White PaperMy Lords, the free ports policy, as part of levelling-up the country, was announced to great fanfare last year. Will the White Paper and the policies within it take account of…29 Jul 2020