Covid-19: School Students Learning From Home

Debate between Earl of Clancarty and Lord Fowler

Monday 5th October 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)]

My Lords, this is an important subject, but I ask Members to please keep their supplementaries short. I call the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty.

[The Earl of Clancarty (CB)]

My Lords, although the share of households with internet access in the UK is now at 93%, we hear too many stories of real concern about sharing devices and lack of computers, even with connectivity. Under what precise conditions are the Government currently supplying computers to the neediest? Should they not now pledge a dedicated school computer for every child, particularly considering that any child or whole class may at a moment’s notice have to switch to online learning?

Air Quality and Emissions

Debate between Earl of Clancarty and Lord Fowler

Tuesday 19th May 2020 Lords Chamber

[The Lord Speaker]

My Lords, as we have made comparatively little progress on this Question, I will allow a couple more minutes.

[The Earl of Clancarty (CB)]

My Lords, an area that tends to get overlooked is air quality in the domestic environment, and of course home is where we have been spending most of our time in recent weeks. In January, NICE published guidelines including recommendations for research. What steps are the Government taking to encourage research in this area and increase public awareness of air quality in our own homes?