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

"I am sorry, but I have to interject here to say that the narrowing of the curriculum and the teacher supply crisis was a direct result of austerity, teacher pay falling by 12% in real terms and chronic underfunding of schools, all of which were initiated during the coalition and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Economic Growth

"Will my noble friend the Minister note that since the election interest rates have been cut five times? Will he also agree that this Government are not going to be lectured by an Opposition who, when in government, presided over the longest period of wage stagnation since the Napoleonic Wars, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I oppose Amendment 452, which has just been put forward by the noble Lord, Lord Agnew, which would limit local authorities’ interventions in admissions to situations where the admissions authority had failed to meet its admissions obligations or had behaved improperly.

Local authorities have a statutory responsibility under …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I do not want to prolong the debate, but I have to answer the charge that it is simply the academies that are improving standards in education, and maintained schools are not. Research in the area does not show that to be the case. Since 2017, I think, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I am aware that it is very late at night indeed. I have waited a long time to bring the amendment but, anyhow, it is not a long speech. The amendment is very simple. It makes one addition to the Bill, and that is to bring chief executive …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I beg leave to withdraw the amendment...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I will speak in particular to Amendments 436B, 436C, 437 and 437A. Before I became a union leader, doing the work of the devil, according to the noble Lord, Lord Nash, I was a teacher. I worked in university departments of education for over 10 years in York, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2025
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for an excellent Statement, which I really welcome. Best start, it seems to me, builds on the legacy of Sure Start. I noticed the telling research from EPI in 2016, which found that 40% of the attainment gap by 16 is created before children …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"The noble Baroness, Lady Longfield, was not here at the beginning of this debate, so she has asked me to say that it is really important that there is good liaison between education and health.

I really feel that I am in a bit of a parallel universe. We are …..."

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