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HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Is there anything else that you would like amended in the schools section of the Bill? Julie McCulloch: I have two other thoughts, just to finish my point about the context…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming. Are there any things in the Bill that you think we should amend as it goes through? Are there things that you would like to improve further, or any ways…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Is the only amendment that we will be seeing from the Government on some of the issues we talked about today on pay, with nothing on clause 43, QTS or the national curriculum?…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q No, but what if it is a teacher in your little schools? Nigel Genders: They will have to be resourced to do it in other ways to make it possible.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have a timescale for when the Government are going on reply to that consultation? Paul Barber: I do not—that is not in my hands.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for being here. I want to direct my first question to Jon and Dan. You have both been quite critical of the loss of academy freedoms in this Bill. Could I persuade you…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both for coming. My first question is to you, Paul. The last Government promised to lift the cap on faith school admissions and consulted on doing just that. Is that…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Is the Minister prepared to commit to work with school leaders, both the ones here today and others, to generate that amendment so that they are all satisfied with where we end…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q So it is still your intention to make all academies comply with the school teachers’ pay and condition document, despite what Sir Jon Coles talked about regarding the problems…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q There are charities, voluntary groups and various people out there funding free breakfasts, and there are paid-for free breakfasts at the moment, so the interaction of the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to ask you about a few other issues, including pay and QTS. As a headteacher, you have used academy freedoms, and you have also worked in a global shortage subject,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Are there any other ways in which you would like to see the Bill amended? Andy Smith: I think some things are missing from the Bill. There are some things that will be positive;…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Is a number of weeks a potentially dangerous thing? Jacky Tiotto: For very young children when you are concerned, if they are still with the parents, which is sometimes the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q Do you share, Dr Homden, the concern that we should be very clear that this should not delay decision making? Dr Homden: Absolutely.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q David, welcome and thank you for joining us. I want to ask you first about the national curriculum and its imposition on all academy schools. We have heard about the use of that…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you unpack that a little bit? Lynn Perry: Yes, certainly. I will raise the third area and then I will come back to that, if I may. The third area is mechanisms for ensuring…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q There are lots of other big challenges in the sector at the moment: attendance, discipline and lots of other things. Is there anything else that you would like to either amend…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Q Mark, getting straight to the point, are there any amendments that you would like to see? Mark Russell: I associate myself entirely with everything that my colleague has said,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Second sitting)Could you answer the question? Catherine McKinnell: I will answer the question.21 Jan 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (First sitting)Q I have follow-up questions specifically about some of the measures in the Bill about family group decision making—a thing that a lot of people generally are very supportive of.…21 Jan 2025