Child Poverty

Lord Bishop of Derby Excerpts

Monday 8th December 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

I will have to write to the noble Baroness on that as we are now drifting into health, which is not my brief.

[The Lord Bishop of Derby]

My Lords, has the Minister heard of the report At What Cost? produced by the Children’s Commission on Poverty, which is a group of young people supported by the Children’s Society? If the Minister has come across the report, what will the Government do about the recommendations in it?

[Lord Nash]

Again, I am afraid that I will have to write to the right reverend Prelate on that matter.

Al-Madinah Free School

Lord Bishop of Derby Excerpts

Thursday 17th October 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

We have to bring innovation into the school system and will not let a dogmatic approach resist such innovation.

[The Lord Bishop of Derby]

My Lords, I declare an interest as the Bishop of Derby and congratulate the Minister and his colleagues on the monitoring and firm action that is being taken. As I understand it, this is a very local initiative. What lessons can be learnt because if we do not have the local authority playing a key role, how are we providing the right kind of framework and guidance for local initiatives so that the right kind of standards, structures and expectations are put in place and met? What are we learning and how are we going to deal with that?

[Lord Nash]

I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for his question. This is a local initiative, it is quite a complicated situation and I do not have time to go into all the details now, but I can assure the House that we are all over this and will not allow this situation to continue.