Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Debate between Baroness Bull and Lord Addington(1 week, 5 days ago)
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The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Bull) (CB)
My Lords, I remind the House that the Question before the House is on Amendment 216 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, so we must first deal with that before we return to Amendment 215.
Lord Addington (LD)
My Lords, as it appears that everybody wants to vote on this, I would like Amendment 215 to be in half-decent shape. I think it needs my amendment; therefore, I beg leave to press my amendment.
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Debate between Baroness Bull and Lord Addington(7 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Lord Addington (LD)
There is a great way of discovering that you have no dyscalculia or dyslexia—Japan did it. They just did not recognise the words.
Baroness Bull (CB)
The noble Lord returns to a theme he has raised before.
To conclude, children have 13 precious years to gain the knowledge and the skills that will set them up for their adult lives. All children need to be ready to take advantage of that from day 1, including children who learn differently and therefore need different support from the very beginning.