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Westminster Hall
Ada Lovelace Day - Thu 16 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) Society, which show the disparity between girls and boys in their interest in STEM subjects.Teacher recruitment - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
2nd reading - Thu 16 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Doocey (LD - Life peer) their forces, because digital skill is very often now more highly valued than physical prowess, and recruitment - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) create the culture of safeguarding this country so desperately needs.All those who work with children—teachers - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bertin (Con - Life peer) Teachers reported pupils’ confusion over what constitutes sexual assault. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannett of Everton (Lab - Life peer) One of the best recruitment opportunities I had as a leader of a trade union was when we introduced this - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Music and Dance Schools: Affordable Access - Thu 16 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) consecutive year.The EBacc has made art subjects an add-on with which schools can dispense, yet teachers - Speech Link
2: Baroness Keeley (Lab - Life peer) and says it would be breaking even this year without the increase in national insurance and the teachers - Speech Link
3: Lord Freyberg (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The recent decision to remove bursaries for music and art teachers, at a time when recruitment for secondary - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) To achieve this, additional support for our schools and teachers is needed. We acknowledge this. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Educational Assessment System Reform - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Josh Dean (Lab - Hertford and Stortford) sitting too many exams in a concentrated timeframe that puts unacceptable pressure on pupils and teachers - Speech Link
2: Lee Barron (Lab - Corby and East Northamptonshire) In Finland they do not assess at all until 16, but their children still learn and their teachers are - Speech Link
3: Sarah Hall (LAB - Warrington South) Teachers need time, training and trust to nurture as well as teach. - Speech Link
4: Sam Carling (Lab - North West Cambridgeshire) The interim report talks ambitiously about empowering teachers to foster a love of learning. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Education Committee - Mon 13 Oct 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) It affects 1.7 million children and young people, their families, their teachers and a wide range of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Harris of Peckham (Con - Life peer) We have nearly 200 teachers trained to go into new schools. - Speech Link
2: None Teachers need to have those tools in their educational toolbox. - Speech Link
3: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) It is important: teachers and head teachers may not be aware of how many children have parents or a parent - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) We want children to be as open as possible within the school environment so that head teachers and teachers - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) In compliance with the teachers’ standards, all teachers with QTS must be able to adapt their teaching - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Employment Rights Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 15 Sep 2025
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: None British employers has fallen to a new low, with the UK recording one of the sharpest slowdowns in recruitment - Speech Link
2: Tristan Osborne (Lab - Chatham and Aylesford) be conducted in a fair way and the Bill covers that, preventing one-sided correspondence between teachers - Speech Link
3: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) , and they deserve the same professional standards and professional respect that is afforded to teachers - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) of teachers, so this loophole is significant for them. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bousted (Lab - Life peer) and teachers teaching outside of their subject area. - Speech Link
3: Lord Agnew of Oulton (Con - Life peer) Secondary recruitment was at only 62% of the target. - Speech Link
4: None This will ensure that those teachers have met the teachers’ standards and therefore have the skills and - Speech Link
5: None Amendment 436C would create uncertainty for schools and teachers, as the teachers they employ could move - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None I talked recently to a chair of trustees about the recruitment process for a CEO of a five-school MAT - Speech Link
2: None In doing so, the STRB would consider all the relevant issues: the recruitment and retention landscape - Speech Link
3: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) This puts pressure on teachers in what is already a highly pressurised job. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ashcombe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There are teachers who prefer independent forms of support; teachers who are uncomfortable sharing sensitive - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Neurodivergent People: Employment - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Charlotte Cane (LD - Ely and East Cambridgeshire) As such, learning how recruitment practices and the workplace can be adapted to become more inclusive - Speech Link
2: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) Teachers want to help, but often lack both the training and the resources to provide tailored support - Speech Link
3: Peter Prinsley (Lab - Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) The problem starts at recruitment: traditional methods such as application forms, timed tests and panel - Speech Link