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HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesI should say first to the noble Baroness that she is right to the extent that Brexit has caused uncertainties and continues to do so. If only we had managed to get the deal across…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesI do not want to be drawn into answering the specific question asked by my noble friend, but perhaps I may say that, in 2017-18, 55,700 EU-domiciled students were given loans by…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: EU Students’ Tuition FeesI should say first that the leak is very regrettable, and I do not want to say anything more about that. It is very important that we make the point that the UK remains open to…29 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Advertising in a Digital Age (Communications Committee Report)My Lords, I am pleased to respond to this debate, initiated by my noble friend Lord Gilbert, on the Communications Committee’s report into UK advertising. As the noble Lord, Lord…25 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningAbsolutely. Monday 22 April was very much in my mind, and I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lawrence, for her tireless work to ensure that Stephen’s legacy leads to change in our…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningYes, the noble Baroness is correct. I am certain that Philip Augar, in his review, will take these matters into account. I also note that the Liberal Democrats have sent some…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningMy Lords, in 2017 we committed £40 million to test approaches to tackling barriers to lifelong learning to inform the national retraining scheme. This includes £11.4 million for…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningThe issue of whether distance learners should receive maintenance grants was considered very carefully and rejected. But the Government are absolutely dedicated to stopping the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningI reassure my noble friend that there is no delay, as far as I am aware—“shortly” is the word that I am using. The Government will respond to the proposals that Philip Augar…24 Apr 2019HANSARDEducation: Flexible Lifelong LearningThe noble Baroness is correct. I reassure the House that the post-18 review, which aims to ensure that there is a joined-up system, is due to report shortly. It will consider the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenI am certain that head teachers are thinking very carefully about how to put the environment into PSHE and education in schools. In 2017, the Litter Strategy for England set out a…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenThere are a number of initiatives around. In fact, as part of our litter strategy, we launched a new campaign called Keep it, Bin it, in partnership with Keep Britain Tidy. This…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenThe noble Lord is right: we are looking to commit. As I mentioned earlier, schools play a major part in that. In terms of his point about the strikes, it is great to see young…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenI have taken part in that particular outreach programme myself. I am not sure that we could stretch to that; I think that we should focus on explaining the role of the House of…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenThe noble Lord makes a good point. I mentioned earlier that there is a lot of teaching in the classroom about the environment, but it is very much up to school head teachers to…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenMy noble friend is right: this is about education. His aim is laudable but the Government have pledged not to change the national curriculum for the duration of this Parliament to…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenI applaud the ingenuity of the noble Baroness for bringing this Question round to Brexit. This Question is about the environment, and I am sure that the Liberal Democrats will be…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenI think that teaching about the environment should be spread throughout a pupil’s education. Given that this Question is about year 6, it is important that a start is made in the…11 Apr 2019HANSARDLitter: SchoolchildrenMy Lords, we support the Great British Spring Clean and are delighted that, this year, more than 500,000 people have already registered to take part. As part of last year’s…11 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Erasmus and Horizon Programmes (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Jay of Ewelme, for securing this debate and I thank the Home Affairs Sub-Committee, of which he is chair, for taking the time…01 Apr 2019