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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I rise to speak to new clause 39, in my name and those of a number of my hon. Friends, which seeks to fulfil the second…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. New clause 42 would impose a requirement on the Secretary of State to introduce a national wellbeing measurement programme…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister said “every school”. Will he clarify on the record that he means every primary and secondary school?11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will press both new clauses 31 and 67 to a vote later.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I certainly agree that there should be a principle in law that thresholds are uprated, by whatever mechanism or measure, because, as we have seen, the threshold has not moved…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Christopher, on our final day in Committee. I rise to speak to new clauses 31 and 67 on free school meals. New…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn .11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am moving the new clause on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper), who has raised the issue that summer-born children with SEND are often placed in…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I wish to press the new clause. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will pick up where I left off, on the third of the three key functions that this national SEND body would have. Those functions are advising on funding for local authorities,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT4. The area around Heathrow has breached nitrogen dioxide legal limits for years now, so what assessment has the Environment Secretary made of the impact on air quality of both…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I appreciate what the Minister is saying. I agree with her that this is not a silver bullet. This will not suddenly improve the system. This is about transparency and…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)Briefly, I very much support the ambition in this new clause. After all, it was the Liberal Democrats, in Government, who introduced universal infant free school meals; we have…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 2 Provision of free school lunches to all primary school children “(1) Section 512ZB of the…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise to speak in support of new clause 10, adding the Liberal Democrats’ support for putting equal protection into law for children. I do not understand why we would have a…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I rise to speak to the new clause, tabled in my name and in the name of a number of my colleagues. Briefly, it goes without…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think the right hon. Gentleman thinks I am arguing that we should abolish faith schools. I have not made that argument. He is saying that this is not how we have done things in…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am listening carefully to the right hon. Gentleman’s excellent speech. Amendment 48 does not seek to prevent faith schools from opening. It would simply apply the cap to any…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Eleventh sitting)Other than the Government Whip, the hon. Member for Lewisham North, I am the only London MP in the room. There has been a lot of discussion about London schools and the challenges…06 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Tenth sitting)I warmly welcome the provision in clause 47. The Liberal Democrats have long called for far greater co-operation between local authorities and schools on admissions and place…04 Feb 2025