"My Lords, I shall be brief. We are in a pickle. This is an important Bill that needs to gain Royal Assent quickly, for EU data adequacy reasons if nothing else. Incidentally, I do not believe that the Bill does active harm to the creative sector as it is written, …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my education interests as set out in the register, in particular my chairmanship of the E-ACT Multi-Academy Trust, where we are enjoying recent “outstanding” Ofsted judgments in schools, while applying the national curriculum.
"My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, not only for the excellent way in which she introduced this debate but for the tremendous job she did in chairing the Communications and Digital Committee. She led with energy and purpose, which was much appreciated by us all.
"I just want to say very briefly that, having served alongside my noble friend Lord Stevenson on the Front Bench during the passage of this Act, I want to thoroughly endorse what he has said. I am very proud of the work that we did together—I echo what the noble …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"I remind noble Lords of my entry in the register of interests as the chair of the multi-academy trust E-ACT. My noble friend will know that some argue that the Secretary of State has oversteered back towards a model of school improvement based on fear. What reassurance can she give …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to introduce this timely debate. I am very much looking forward to the maiden speech of my noble friend Lady Curran.
I must remind the House of my education interests in the register, including chairing Century Tech and advising Pearson, both of which have …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to all the speakers in this excellent debate, who were expertly responded to by my noble friend the Minister. I am grateful for the kind words that some have said to me about my speech. I love the passion for lifelong learning that we heard …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I was unsure whether to support Amendment 141, let alone speak to it, simply because I have a number of interests in this area and I should be clear about those. I chair Century-Tech Ltd, which is an AI edtech company; I am on the board of Educate …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall also speak extremely briefly, as one of the three veterans of the Joint Committee present in Committee today, to reinforce my support for these amendments. The Government should be congratulated on Clause 123. It is welcome to see this movement but we want to see this …..." Lord Knight of Weymouth - View Speech