Information between 20th June 2025 - 10th July 2025
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1 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Nash voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 180 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 196 |
2 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Nash voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 249 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 243 |
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Nash voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 251 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 284 Noes - 239 |
9 Jul 2025 - House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Nash voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 246 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 247 |
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Lord Nash speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Nash contributed 5 speeches (1,461 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Lord Nash speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Nash contributed 4 speeches (2,605 words) Monday 23rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
Written Answers |
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Primary Education: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Thursday 26th June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what happens to, and who owns, data digitally captured under the new Reception Baseline Assessment; and what if any commercial use could be made either of the response data itself or of any other metadata. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy, and communication. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures, which will show the progress pupils in a school make from reception until the end of key stage 2. RBA data is owned by the department. From the 2025/26 academic year, data from the assessment will be collected via the Standard and Testing Agency’s digital assessment platform, after which the data necessary to calculate school-level progress measures will be transferred to the National Pupil Database (NPD). This data will be stored in the NPD until the relevant cohort of pupils reaches the end of key stage 2. Some data and metadata will be used to support operational delivery of the assessment, for example to support helpdesk queries. The use of the data is governed by the RBA Privacy Notice which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reception-baseline-assessment-privacy-notice. RBA data is not available for commercial use. |
UK Research and Innovation: Loans
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the £1.3 billion in co-investment reported by UK Research and Innovation in the report Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24, published on 24 July 2024, was independently verified after project award. Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) UKRI verifies co-investment commitments at several stages of the grant lifecycle. Verification processes are managed according to the terms and conditions of specific grant awards and vary depending on the size of the awards. For large co-investment commitments, UKRI engages third parties to conduct verification. At the application stage, UKRI portfolio managers verify co-investment commitments as part of usual due diligence checks, with host research organisation also undertaking due diligence to confirm that information included in applications is accurate. For completed awards, grant holders are able to report actual co-investment values via the research outcomes process. The co-investment figure of £1.3 billion provided in the 2023-24 UKRI Annual Report and Accounts reflects project partner contributions declared at the point of application. |
Made Tech Group
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of any contracts between the Department for Education and the Made Tech Group other than the one concerning the Reception Baseline Assessment. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures. The department appointed Made Tech Ltd in September 2024 on a four year contract to provide digital and data capabilities with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to continue to deliver and build its digital assessment platform, including in relation to the RBA. This followed an open procurement, in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 process, launched in spring 2024. As with all government contracts above a certain value threshold, the contract with Made Tech can be found on the contracts finder website and accessed here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4723159e-e752-4658-8309-b2db3552d199?origin=SearchResults&p=1. Additionally, the department has a contract with Made Tech for Technical Architecture Services. This can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/99cb71d8-8df0-498a-b5c2-9712472f8897?origin=SearchResults&p=2. A copy of these contracts will also be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The department does not have a central record of all conversations with Made Tech. The department manages the relationship with Made Tech following best practice in supplier management, based on Cabinet Office guidance. |
Primary Education: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the contract concerning the Reception Baseline Assessment between the Department for Education and the Made Tech Group. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures. The department appointed Made Tech Ltd in September 2024 on a four year contract to provide digital and data capabilities with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to continue to deliver and build its digital assessment platform, including in relation to the RBA. This followed an open procurement, in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 process, launched in spring 2024. As with all government contracts above a certain value threshold, the contract with Made Tech can be found on the contracts finder website and accessed here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4723159e-e752-4658-8309-b2db3552d199?origin=SearchResults&p=1. Additionally, the department has a contract with Made Tech for Technical Architecture Services. This can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/99cb71d8-8df0-498a-b5c2-9712472f8897?origin=SearchResults&p=2. A copy of these contracts will also be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The department does not have a central record of all conversations with Made Tech. The department manages the relationship with Made Tech following best practice in supplier management, based on Cabinet Office guidance. |
Made Tech Group
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Department for Education has had with the Made Tech Group about matters other than the Reception Baseline Assessment. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures. The department appointed Made Tech Ltd in September 2024 on a four year contract to provide digital and data capabilities with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to continue to deliver and build its digital assessment platform, including in relation to the RBA. This followed an open procurement, in line with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 process, launched in spring 2024. As with all government contracts above a certain value threshold, the contract with Made Tech can be found on the contracts finder website and accessed here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/4723159e-e752-4658-8309-b2db3552d199?origin=SearchResults&p=1. Additionally, the department has a contract with Made Tech for Technical Architecture Services. This can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/99cb71d8-8df0-498a-b5c2-9712472f8897?origin=SearchResults&p=2. A copy of these contracts will also be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The department does not have a central record of all conversations with Made Tech. The department manages the relationship with Made Tech following best practice in supplier management, based on Cabinet Office guidance. |
Primary Education: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what research the Department for Education has conducted or commissioned into the benefits of allowing reception class pupils to use iPads or similar devices for recording their responses themselves in the Reception Baseline Assessment. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication, administered by teachers with individual pupils. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures, which will show pupil progress from reception until the end of key stage 2. From September 2025, some digital elements will be included in the assessment, where the pupil can point or move items on a tablet or similar device. This will provide benefits including reduced workload for teachers and better support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, using the assessment’s built-in accessibility settings. The digital elements of RBA have been in development since 2019, and subject to extensive trials with teachers and pupils using the standards and testing agency’s internationally recognised assessment development approach. This has included item validation trials in 2020, 2021 and 2023 involving 2,801 pupils across 277 schools, and a technical pre-test trial in 2022 where 2,406 assessments were completed across a nationally representative sample of 254 schools. In November and December 2024 a voluntary trial involving over 1,000 schools took place, and participating schools undertook key activities needed to administer the assessment, including completing a sample assessment with three pupils. Input from the trials and extensive review by early years experts and teachers, has helped shape the content and the digital platform to meet the needs of schools and pupils. The revised RBA will remain interactive and play-based and retain the use of small toys and verbal responses for other questions. Pupils can respond verbally to on-screen questions if they do not wish to interact with the screen and a paper-based alternative is available where, this is more suitable for the pupil. One moving image is included in the assessment, but this can be made static by the teacher where this is more appropriate for the pupil. |
Primary Education: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government what were the results of the beta tool trial in relation to the Reception Baseline Assessment which was reportedly conducted in a few hundred schools. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication, administered by teachers with individual pupils. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures, which will show pupil progress from reception until the end of key stage 2. From September 2025, some digital elements will be included in the assessment, where the pupil can point or move items on a tablet or similar device. This will provide benefits including reduced workload for teachers and better support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, using the assessment’s built-in accessibility settings. The digital elements of RBA have been in development since 2019, and subject to extensive trials with teachers and pupils using the standards and testing agency’s internationally recognised assessment development approach. This has included item validation trials in 2020, 2021 and 2023 involving 2,801 pupils across 277 schools, and a technical pre-test trial in 2022 where 2,406 assessments were completed across a nationally representative sample of 254 schools. In November and December 2024 a voluntary trial involving over 1,000 schools took place, and participating schools undertook key activities needed to administer the assessment, including completing a sample assessment with three pupils. Input from the trials and extensive review by early years experts and teachers, has helped shape the content and the digital platform to meet the needs of schools and pupils. The revised RBA will remain interactive and play-based and retain the use of small toys and verbal responses for other questions. Pupils can respond verbally to on-screen questions if they do not wish to interact with the screen and a paper-based alternative is available where, this is more suitable for the pupil. One moving image is included in the assessment, but this can be made static by the teacher where this is more appropriate for the pupil. |
Primary Education: Assessments
Asked by: Lord Nash (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 23rd June 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government whether the digital content of the new Reception Baseline Assessment will include moving images. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) The reception baseline assessment (RBA) is a short, interactive assessment of early mathematics, language, literacy and communication, administered by teachers with individual pupils. Its purpose is to provide baseline data for primary progress measures, which will show pupil progress from reception until the end of key stage 2. From September 2025, some digital elements will be included in the assessment, where the pupil can point or move items on a tablet or similar device. This will provide benefits including reduced workload for teachers and better support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, using the assessment’s built-in accessibility settings. The digital elements of RBA have been in development since 2019, and subject to extensive trials with teachers and pupils using the standards and testing agency’s internationally recognised assessment development approach. This has included item validation trials in 2020, 2021 and 2023 involving 2,801 pupils across 277 schools, and a technical pre-test trial in 2022 where 2,406 assessments were completed across a nationally representative sample of 254 schools. In November and December 2024 a voluntary trial involving over 1,000 schools took place, and participating schools undertook key activities needed to administer the assessment, including completing a sample assessment with three pupils. Input from the trials and extensive review by early years experts and teachers, has helped shape the content and the digital platform to meet the needs of schools and pupils. The revised RBA will remain interactive and play-based and retain the use of small toys and verbal responses for other questions. Pupils can respond verbally to on-screen questions if they do not wish to interact with the screen and a paper-based alternative is available where, this is more suitable for the pupil. One moving image is included in the assessment, but this can be made static by the teacher where this is more appropriate for the pupil. |
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3 Jul 2025, 3:22 p.m. - House of Lords "name of my noble friend Lord Nash android acne raised the important point of what local authority can do if they have concerns that a child " Baroness Barran (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
3 Jul 2025, 3:27 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Nash made this " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
3 Jul 2025, 3:05 p.m. - House of Lords "wolves and the numbers are escalating and Lord Nash talks about a trend over the last 10 to 15 " Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
3 Jul 2025, 3:12 p.m. - House of Lords "was it Lord Nash? Sorry. And this " Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:12 p.m. - House of Lords "amendment -- some sympathy in the name of Lord Nash and I compliment " Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:26 p.m. - House of Lords "friend, Lord Nash and my noble friend, Lady Penn stop I will also add that the points made by the " Lord Russell of Liverpool (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:26 p.m. - House of Lords "so eloquently and persuasively expressed, by Lord Nash, my noble friend, Lord Nash and my noble " Lord Russell of Liverpool (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:04 p.m. - House of Lords "my amendments, which in a sense follow on from amendment 177 from the noble Lord Lord Nash in Baroness " Baroness Penn (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 3:49 p.m. - House of Lords "177, Lord Nash? " Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:51 p.m. - House of Lords "a little more selective about this. I do commend the noble Lord, Lord Nash, for starting this debate so " Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:52 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Nash and the noble Lady, Baroness Penn, in the amendments they have proposed. I also want to say how much I agree with the " Baroness Spielman (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 5:22 p.m. - House of Lords "and my noble friend, Lord Nash, who cited, at length, the reports and " Baroness Cash (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 4:46 p.m. - House of Lords "My noble friend, Lord Nash, is right " Lord Bethell (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 5:28 p.m. - House of Lords "support Lord Nash. >> My Lords, we have heard some very " Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
23 Jun 2025, 5 p.m. - House of Lords "183, CA and CB, and 158. As my noble friends, Lord Nash, Lord Bethell, " Baroness Meyer (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
9 Jul 2025, 9:18 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Hill, Lord Nash, and Lord Agnew " Lord Gove (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
Parliamentary Debates |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
95 speeches (19,803 words) Report stage part two Wednesday 9th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: None Previous Governments appointed people such as my noble friends Lord Hill, Lord Nash and Lord Agnew to - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
78 speeches (23,502 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: None I turn to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Nash, on education, which I find more problematic. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) I think we can understand that.Then there is a third type, which the noble Lord, Lord Nash, mentioned - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) child’s situation and the risks that accompany it.Amendment 279 in the names of my noble friends Lord Nash - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Nash, made this point very well. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) ease with which I hope it can be provided.I turn now to Amendment 279, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Nash - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
92 speeches (20,666 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) At an earlier stage in these proceedings, the noble Lord, Lord Nash, who is no longer in his place on - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
131 speeches (41,202 words) Monday 23rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) Before I do so, I will add my support to Amendment 177, from my noble friends Lord Nash and Lady Barran - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Morris of Yardley (Lab - Life peer) I cannot say anything to counter the evidence that the noble Lord, Lord Nash—indeed, everybody who has - Link to Speech 3: None My noble friend Lord Nash is right about the Bill. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Cash (Con - Life peer) I fear that all the evidence—as very eloquently put by my noble friends Lady Jenkin and Lord Nash, who - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Spielman (Con - Life peer) I support the noble Lord, Lord Nash. - Link to Speech 6: Lord Agnew of Oulton (Con - Life peer) I support the noble Lord, Lord Nash. - Link to Speech |
Bill Documents |
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Jul. 01 2025
HL Bill 84-VIII Eighth marshalled list for Committee Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: LORD NASH LORD AGNEW OF OULTON 279_ Clause 31, page 57, line 16, at end insert— “(c) allow the local |