State Schools: Creative Education
Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Addington(1 week, 1 day ago)
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
We will hear from the Liberal Democrat Benches next.
Lord Addington (LD)
I thank you for being allowed to speak. Will the Minister take on board that museums often tell you certain things about development, for example, and the importance of design and technology? Unless you can develop the mouse to work with the computer—something we can all use easily—it does not happen and does not become a mass tool. That information is best conveyed by showing it. Can the Minister make sure that this is an important part of the curriculum for those subjects?
Football Governance Bill [HL]
Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord AddingtonMonday 16th December 2024
(1 month, 1 week ago)
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Lord Addington (LD)
It is nice to have a little fan club.
My amendment may be making the ultimate pedant’s point, but the Bill says that a relevant thing that cannot be interfered with is the name of a team operated by a club. My amendment refers to the name of the club itself. Is my point covered by this? I do not know. If it is, tell me where and I will be terribly happy.
The main point is that we will be still talking about who a fan is this time next year unless the Government make a decision and come up with something solid. It affects how the regulator operates and who they exclude. The Government may well have to decide who they are going to offend, but please let us do it, because otherwise fan involvement will mean nothing.
Higher Education Sector
Debate between Lord Kennedy of Southwark and Lord Addington(1 month, 2 weeks ago)
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Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)
We will hear from the Lib Dem Benches next, please.
Lord Addington (LD)
My Lords, I thank the Chief Whip. If we are going to make sure that the universities are accessible to our own students, can we have an indication of what level of support we are expecting to get from foreign students, and have that discussion out in the open quickly?