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HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceMy Lords, EHC plans set out the educational support that children with special educational needs require. In some cases, a child’s EHC plan will have been informed by a diagnostic…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceThe noble Lord makes a good point—the school system should talk to the higher education sector. The SEND code of practice makes it clear that children and young people with…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceThe noble Lord is right that we want all children, no matter what challenges they face, to be able to achieve well in early years, at school and post-16 and to fulfil their…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceThe noble Earl makes a very good point. Schools are obliged to look at each pupil to see whether there is a need to assess them, and indeed, some money is set aside for each…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceI will certainly take the points made by my noble friend back to the department. I hope there was general acceptance and approval of the announcement yesterday about the exclusion…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceAs the noble Baroness will know, the OfS has a statutory duty to have regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity across the whole student lifecycle for disadvantaged…08 May 2019HANSARDDisabled Students’ AllowanceYes indeed, there are several schools which help parents out if the parents cannot afford it. Local authorities can also step in to help. The noble Lord was referring to schools,…08 May 2019HANSARDIran Nuclear DealMy Lords, I regret that the time for Back-Bench questions is up.08 May 2019HANSARDEnglish FootballMy Lords, I should start by saying that my noble friend Lord Ashton has absented himself from the pitch, so I suppose I must be the sub. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor,…08 May 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, we started off so well, but some speeches have tipped well over six minutes, which makes timing for this debate tight now. I ask Peers to conclude their remarks when the…02 May 2019HANSARDStudent Loans CompanyI know that Steve Lamey has been involved in it, so the answer is yes, but it has been taken forward from the work that he has done. The noble Baroness, Lady Garden, asked whether…01 May 2019HANSARDStudent Loans CompanyI think that I can answer the noble Lord’s first point by saying that it is a regular review, but I have no doubt that it will take account of the issues that have cropped up in…01 May 2019HANSARDStudent Loans CompanyMy Lords, I am very pleased to respond to this Question for Short Debate. Very short it certainly has been, but with three weighty speeches—so far. I thank the noble Lord, Lord…01 May 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesThe noble Baroness will know perfectly well that we do indeed have a strategy for the case where there is a deal and that there is also a strategy for no deal. There has been a…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesOn the second question, we are not there yet in understanding the status of the UK students; we want to be sure there are proper reciprocal arrangements in place. The noble…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesMy noble friend makes an important point about what the future holds. My understanding is that, looking ahead, yes, we would be in discussions with the individual 27 countries.29 Apr 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland UpdateI rise quickly to say that I think the House would appreciate a question from the noble Lord.29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made in the other place by my honourable friend Chris Skidmore, Minister of State for Universities, Science,…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesI am pleased that the noble Lord said toward the end of his remarks that the UK university sector is very successful. I want to say just that: its successes are highly regarded…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesI take note of what my noble friend has said and the way that he has put it. I will certainly pass it back. As I have said, this leak is particularly regrettable, and I do not…29 Apr 2019