Information between 31st October 2024 - 8th February 2025
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Thursday 30th January 2025 Lord Willetts (Conservative - Life peer) Short debate - Grand Committee Subject: Discussions with the Office for Students about its 2025-2030 strategy and decision to pause applications regarding registering institutions, degree-awarding powers and university titles to allow greater focus on the financial sustainability of the sector View calendar - Add to calendar |
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5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 166 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 220 Noes - 139 |
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5 Nov 2024 - Crown Estate Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 226 |
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20 Nov 2024 - Water (Special Measures) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 172 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 279 Noes - 136 |
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20 Nov 2024 - Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 213 |
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10 Dec 2024 - Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024 - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 157 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 163 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 170 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 186 Noes - 162 |
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21 Jan 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 175 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 205 Noes - 159 |
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8 Jan 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Willetts voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 228 |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Renters’ Rights Bill
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (938 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Office for Students
Lord Willetts contributed 2 speeches (1,471 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Justice |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: UK Strategy Towards the Arctic (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (727 words) Thursday 9th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Qualifications Reform Review
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (356 words) Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Social Cohesion and Community during Periods of Change
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (1,027 words) Friday 6th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Universities
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (968 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education |
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Lord Willetts speeches from: Science and Technology: Economy
Lord Willetts contributed 1 speech (633 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
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Renters’ Rights Bill
82 speeches (42,595 words) Tuesday 4th February 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Shipley (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, has amply covered that issue, and I think there are problems there. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) positive about this, as well as the noble Baronesses, Lady Scott and Lady Thornhill, the noble Lords, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Office for Students
12 speeches (5,669 words) Thursday 30th January 2025 - Grand Committee Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, for his masterly introduction of this important debate - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Willetts on securing this debate. - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, touched on the fact that there was no regulator in place when some genuinely - Link to Speech |
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UK Strategy Towards the Arctic (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
43 speeches (20,951 words) Thursday 9th January 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, for his work on securing the Arctic Star. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) precisely address those priorities that noble Lords have raised in this debate.The noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Qualifications Reform Review
14 speeches (3,840 words) Wednesday 18th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) the assessment routes for 16 to 19 year-olds, and—responding to a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Social Cohesion and Community during Periods of Change
61 speeches (35,991 words) Friday 6th December 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) That is just a start.The noble Lords, Lord Sharma and Lord Willetts, alluded to climate change. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Archbishop of York (Bshp - Bishops) Church that closed churches in the pandemic; that was the Prime Minister.I thank the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
73 speeches (20,647 words) Committee stage Thursday 21st November 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Knight of Weymouth (Lab - Life peer) medium-sized employers, that granularity is really challenging.I am glad to see the noble Lord, Lord Willetts - Link to Speech |
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Universities
45 speeches (20,932 words) Thursday 14th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) I am pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, as the commissioner for chapter 6, is contributing to - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab - Life peer) Nobody should have to follow the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, on the subject of higher education: I want - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Prashar (XB - Life peer) I was very pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, gave a broader perspective to this. - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, raised the issue of visa problems deterring international students. - Link to Speech 5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) The department will come forward with proposals, as raised by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, about the - Link to Speech |
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Science and Technology: Economy
57 speeches (21,249 words) Thursday 31st October 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Waldegrave of North Hill (Con - Life peer) result of some outstanding Ministers; I think of Lord Sainsbury of Turville and my noble friend Lord Willetts - Link to Speech 2: Lord Liddle (Lab - Life peer) One of his ideas was the catapult initiative, which I think the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, in his time - Link to Speech 3: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I noted a sense of ruefulness from my noble friend Lord Willetts as he said that the role of the Science - Link to Speech 4: Lord Vallance of Balham (Lab - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Willetts, rightly identified cell and gene therapy as a crucial and transformative - Link to Speech |
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Thursday 6th February 2025
Written Evidence - EngineeringUK COM0029 - Unlocking community energy at scale Unlocking community energy at scale - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: and colleges, T-Levels, and apprenticeships via our Fit for the Future Inquiry, co-chaired by Lord Willetts |
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Wednesday 29th January 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 22/01/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Willetts regarding the cost of T Level industry placements, as discussed following the Oral Statement on the outcomes of the review of qualifications reform at level 3. 2p. Document: Baroness_Smith_letter_to_Lord_Willetts.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 22/01/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Willetts regarding the cost of T Level |
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Friday 17th January 2025
Department for Education Source Page: Letter dated 07/01/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Willetts regarding the debate on the findings and recommendations in the Universities UK report: numbers participating in vocational qualifications. 2p. Document: Minister_Smith_to_Lord_Willetts-debate_14th_November.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 07/01/2025 from Baroness Smith of Malvern to Lord Willetts regarding the debate on the findings |