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HANSARDElections Bill06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak to Amendment 8 in my name and the names of other noble Lords. The proposal in Amendment 8 would extend the list of accepted documents beyond the…06 Apr 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I very much agree with the important points noble Lords, especially the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, and my noble friend Lord Baker, have made. I particularly agreed with…24 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI take that point; this is not the perfect list. Indeed, there is a rather different agenda behind it. I shared at Second Reading my concern about lower rates of participation in…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, Amendment 80 in my name has the support of other Members of this House, including—he asked me to indicate this—the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, who sadly is not with us…21 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillWell, it will be up to the Committee to decide. I very much hope the Minister will be able to provide some welcome to my amendment, because it is certainly drafted in a way that…21 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her Statement and very much agree with the points made by my noble friend Lord Johnson. The changes to the financing of higher…28 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I join in the many congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Moore, on his excellent maiden speech and give him a warm welcome to this House—and perhaps share with him a…23 Feb 2022HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillMy Lords, I will be brief and will refer particularly to Amendment 26A. I repeat that I am a member of the board of UKRI and so have a particular interest in this. The more the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDAdvanced Research and Invention Agency BillI would like briefly to intervene on this important group of amendments and should declare an interest as a member of the board of UKRI, which is very relevant to the issues we…17 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I should like to speak to Amendment 33 in my name and in support of the other amendments, particularly Amendments 29 and 31. It has been a powerful debate and I shall…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]33: Clause 7, page 10, line 17, at end insert— “(8) Where a technical education qualification has had its approval withdrawn under subsection (2), funding may not be withdrawn by…12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]It is very important that we sense the mood of the House on this issue. I beg to move.12 Oct 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to move Amendment 90 in my name, which proposes a new clause to provide for the review and updating of the terms of higher education loans and repayments every…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for her courtesy, as always. I do not think my score on the amendments that I have tabled to the Bill has been very high—and I will, of course,…21 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Opposition Front Bench and the Minister for their interventions on my amendment. I was slightly surprised by the approach of the Opposition Front Bench on…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]My Lords, the background to this amendment is that the Student Loans Company has close contact with many graduates, which provides an opportunity to fulfil some of the…19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]19 Jul 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]19 Jul 2021