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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 23 Oct 2025
Autistic Children: State Schools

"My Lords, will the Minister clarify her response to her noble friend Lord Touhig, who I think I heard say that the Government need a strategy aimed at stopping exclusions? The Minister knows that schools have a very difficult balancing act between upholding the rights of children to have a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2025
Post-16 Education and Skills Strategy

"My Lords, I thank the Government for this White Paper, which is an incredibly important and wide-ranging document. It is essential that we build the skills pipeline to turn around the current stagnation in productivity and economic growth. But we also know, on all sides of the House, that this …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I welcome this debate on the value of high-quality apprenticeships at all levels, with a focus on levels 2 and 3, and Amendment 483 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Layard, and Amendment 483A, which I have moved on behalf of my noble friend Lord Lucas.

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"She said flu vaccination...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I formally move the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Lucas and I will speak to it in my closing remarks...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"This is risky, because I am doing this from memory. I appreciate that in earlier years, significant amounts of money were returned to the Treasury, but in the last year we were in government, it was £11 million—so basically absolutely everything was spent. I say that in relation to my …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"No. To be clear, of the many millions of pounds that were raised through the apprenticeship levy, the amount that was not spent on apprenticeships and was returned to the Treasury was £11 million in the last year that we were in government, as I remember it...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"When the Minister sends that letter, will she kindly clarify both the data protection and the child safety angles that she talked about, for which the Information Commissioner’s Office would have responsibility? Will she also explain how the pedagogical elements will be included, to make sure that these are both …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...."
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