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Lords Chamber
Coronavirus Bill
2nd reading (Hansard continued) - Tue 24 Mar 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) Will the DfE instruct schools or safeguarding leads to check on vulnerable pupils who do not have an - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barker (LDEM - Life peer) I am not asking for any other change to the grounds on which that might be done. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) Can the Minister reassure us, for example, that the 15-minute visits will be extended to make sure that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Wuhan Coronavirus - Wed 26 Feb 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) There is no need to close the school or send other students or staff home. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Perhaps I may ask that Peers ask short questions to allow more Back-Benchers to intervene. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) This is currently planned to happen weekly, but that will change as events progress. - Speech Link
4: Lord Bethell (CON - Excepted Hereditary) future visits by the virus. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 09 Jan 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB - Life peer) is the Government’s delay in relaying the BBFC age-verification guidance before Parliament and setting - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Gloucester (Bishops - Bishops) Of course, improving children’s life chances will not happen overnight, nor simply through important - Speech Link
3: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) This care was provided by visits from social care and by her husband, who was himself frail. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Wyld (CON - Life peer) to close the gap between educational outcomes in parts of the north and south. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) What plans do the Government have to allow tenants to hold rogue landlords to account? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 22 Oct 2019
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (LAB - Life peer) Only a few weeks ago the Secretary of State said that he would,“put the school uniform guidance on a - Speech Link
2: Lord Lingfield (CON - Life peer) cannot afford to pay for the qualifications which would allow them to do so. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (CON - Life peer) That is why the DfE has commissioned a review of SEND education to assess what further we need to do - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Skills for Theatre (Communications Committee Report) - Wed 16 May 2018
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (CB - Life peer) and will ensure that children experience out-of-school visits to the theatre. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury (LDEM - Life peer) observed:“If arts subjects aren’t included in the Ebacc, schools won’t stop doing them overnight. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Quin (LAB - Life peer) the north-east, and they have found that there has been a reduction in school visits to theatres. - Speech Link
4: Lord Willoughby de Broke (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) change all its lighting without exception. - Speech Link
5: Viscount Younger of Leckie (CON - Excepted Hereditary) all post-16 educational outcomes. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Strengthening Families - Thu 08 Feb 2018
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) achieve that.Marriage can help to combat loneliness in old age, reduce the pressure in terms of GP visits - Speech Link
2: Desmond Swayne (CON - New Forest West) It might be to do with schooling—not being able to get their child into the school of choice, the school - Speech Link
3: Margaret Greenwood (LAB - Wirral West) We will press that as an amendment to the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.It is hard to credit that - Speech Link
4: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) beds for partners to rest in, especially overnight, and remain with their partner and new-born children—en - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Vulnerable Children - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (LAB - Life peer) First, she had to change school, so she lost the teacher she knew and the friends she had made. - Speech Link
2: Lord Farmer (CON - Life peer) This has to change”. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (LAB - Life peer) The report recommended extended visits to allow children to spend time with imprisoned parents in a child-friendly - Speech Link
4: Lord Agnew of Oulton (CON - Life peer) Our school exclusion guidance is clear that any decision to exclude a pupil should be lawful, reasonable - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Economy Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 13 Dec 2016
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) budget, administered by the DfE. - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) to change channels!”. - Speech Link
3: Lord Gordon of Strathblane (LAB - Life peer) allow some of them to develop there. - Speech Link
4: Lord Morrow (DUP - Life peer) These visits equate to 20% of all under-18s and 13% of children aged between six and 14. - Speech Link
5: Lord Mitchell (LAB - Life peer) We cannot allow that to happen. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Education and Adoption Bill - Thu 05 Nov 2015
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None Many rely, as I did, on the school to provide visits to the theatre. - Speech Link
2: Lord Nash (CON - Life peer) Similarly, if the department were to change or merely update the published guidance regarding the calculation - Speech Link
3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) School Direct seems to be the preferred choice of the DfE. - Speech Link
4: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (LAB - Life peer) about change in a school. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 03 Jun 2015
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Tyler of Enfield (LDEM - Life peer) good educational outcomes. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Morris of Yardley (LAB - Life peer) In the words of the Select Committee,“the DfE failed to address our terms of reference and instead presented - Speech Link
3: Lord Rooker (LAB - Life peer) Is the policy going to change? - Speech Link
4: Lord Stone of Blackheath (Non-affiliated - Life peer) People say that to change the system, each one of us, individually, needs to attempt to change ourselves - Speech Link
5: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) in advance that time will not allow me to reference them all individually. - Speech Link