"I ask noble Lords to keep their questions short. We have enormous interest in this subject and we want to get through as many questions as we can...." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"My Lords, I start with an enormous thank you to the noble Lord, Lord Blackwell, for bringing forward this important debate. The number of people taking part demonstrates the strength of feeling in this House and, clearly, beyond. I thank all noble Lords who have spoken, who have considerable experience …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I have had the great pleasure of having this discussion with the noble Baroness on a number of occasions. I cannot go further than we have before on the curriculum review, but there is an acknowledgement of the position of dance and its relationship to PE. In all of the …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"Thank you. I acknowledge that and we will obviously take away some of the more detailed comments made. I have just had a note to tell me that the new PE and sport partnerships will support dance as well as sport in schools, if that is helpful...." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Black, on securing this important debate and thank all noble Lords for their significant contributions. I pay tribute to his personal background; it has brought such depth and strength of feeling to the subject, and I am sure many noble Lords have …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Lord’s point is well made. There is nothing more heartbreaking than when a school does not know that a child is a young carer and makes them stay for detention, for example, because they were late on account of their caring responsibilities. It cannot continue, and I am …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"I thank the noble Baroness. I do not have the precise figures to hand, but the more work we do in this area, the more we are exposing what needs to be done. The fact is that the confidence of carers is quite low, and we need to make sure …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Lord highlights a crucial point. We are saying all the way through that there needs to be greater coming together at a local level. NHS England is taking this exceptionally seriously, working with local authorities, GPs and ICBs, for example, to make sure that they come together. One …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The right reverend Prelate raises a very good point. These issues are at the centre of all the discussions that are going forward to make sure we get the right balance, that everyone who has a say gets an opportunity to be heard, and that we get a much better …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech
"The noble Baroness, Lady Casey, has already started the work, and I am delighted to inform the House that one of the first meetings she had involved carers. She has opened a portal so that information can be fed in, and I know this will be one of the areas …..." Baroness Blake of Leeds - View Speech