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Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) in England and Wales, and the lack of any such service for asylum-seeking children here, means that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) to three in 10 in 2023, and almost four in 10 this year. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) Furthermore, research indicates that one in four children and young people are using smartphones in a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) As of March this year, the Act’s illegal content duties are in force, meaning that children are already - Speech Link
5: None packed in to 10 months of the school year and we have a duty to make sure children are ready for school - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Thu 01 May 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) are and that their education is safe and suitable.When care is necessary, it must work for children - Speech Link
2: Baroness Shephard of Northwold (Con - Life peer) that they are not in the classroom and heads and teachers are. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) I am sure that that will be important for our debates in this House, and we are all very glad that he - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 14th Sitting - Tue 11 Feb 2025
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Stephen Morgan (Lab - Portsmouth South) the responsibilities and know how important it is that children are in school. - Speech Link
2: Ellie Chowns (Green - North Herefordshire) Although there are strong arguments for banning them in school—and I recognise that there is a strong - Speech Link
3: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) for anybody in their school; there are exemptions, and they could decide that that is what they need - Speech Link
4: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) mobile phone use in schools so that we can teach digital wellness now and for the future. - Speech Link
5: None policy that works in context and keeps children and young people safe. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Report stage: Part 1 - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) There are significant parts of it—relating to the children not in school register and illegal schools—that - Speech Link
2: None There are other amendments that I want to speak to, but I will stick with Amendment 64B for now and tie - Speech Link
3: Lord Wei (CON - Life peer) human rights obligations—bear in mind that concerns are raised in that report that Articles 8 and 9 - Speech Link
4: None Additionally, schools are expected to ensure that pastoral care is in place for pupils who need it and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LDEM - Life peer) that some jobs are boys’ jobs and some are for girls. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Morris of Yardley (LAB - Life peer) , they can do that now with almost all the curriculum materials that are taught in schools and they do - Speech Link
3: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) to send their children to school are colluding in some kind of truancy—and that is informing quite a - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) because many children who are in school and in plain sight are missed by social services and the authorities - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (CON - Life peer) They are for all those children who are not in school full-time. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Report stage - Tue 12 Oct 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) There are also networks based in BEIS and in the Department for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LDEM - Life peer) GCSE English and maths are academic and are absolutely not appropriate for a whole load of people whose - Speech Link
3: None hold a GCSE grade 4 to 9 in their English and maths. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lucas (CON - Excepted Hereditary) hope I am right in quoting the Government as saying that T-levels are the best option for 16 to 19 year-olds - Speech Link
5: None We learned that T-levels are not remotely suitable for people who get GCSE grades of 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Mon 19 Jul 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Adonis (LAB - Life peer) and qualifications, we are in for a terrible time. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (LAB - Life peer) They conclude that“students are using Chegg for assessment and exam help frequently and in a way that - Speech Link
3: Lord Baker of Dorking (CON - Life peer) The amendment specifically provides for years 8 and 9, year 11, and year 13, which means that 13 and - Speech Link
4: None We should commit ourselves to that and make sure that the foundations for it are in the Bill. - Speech Link
5: None So I am glad to see that drivers are now able to negotiate an improvement in their pay and sometimes - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Education (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 16 Jul 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) Yes, encourage knowledge and skills in STEM for the green economy in schools, but also remember that - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fookes (CON - Life peer) It has the added value that, for children in particular, one starts from something with which they are - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) But that is in gaps between the essential cramming for exam preparation. - Speech Link
4: Lord Griffiths of Burry Port (LAB - Life peer) The proposed curriculum requirements that are now emerging, and will be implemented in this, next and - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) All children are curious and develop a love and respect for their surroundings—the animals, insects and - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Liddle (LAB - Life peer) If you are doing that with technology and science, do you not also have to think in those terms for education - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) These are skills that we need for every community and just about every person in this land.I am not sure - Speech Link
3: None for it, so that you are not actually tied to that, and doing something else with it. - Speech Link
4: None outlined in that response and whether they are of the appropriate quality, because we are aiming for - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) We anticipate that the standard will be in place in time for the next academic year. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (CB - Excepted Hereditary) now, in health, in care, in retail and in hospitality, in existing businesses—with future needs for - Speech Link
2: None We agree, of course, that English and maths are vital for life, learning and work. - Speech Link
3: None retrain in a new qualification if we are to meet that target, and if they are to get the jobs that will - Speech Link
4: None The amendments that I have put forward and that others are raising in this group are aimed at bringing - Speech Link
5: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) get it, in that the policy and the Bill are silent on sustainability and that we need to address that - Speech Link