"My Lords, I welcome this report, particularly its focus on local areas, and also strongly agree with a number of previous speakers that Blackpool college, the Social Mobility Commission and Alun Francis are really inspirational.
"My Lords, as a member of the committee which produced this report, I join others in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Wood, putting on record my thanks for his outstanding chairing and my thanks to the committee staff.
"I also welcome these regulations. They seem to have taken a while, and it is really good to see them. As the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, pointed out, this policy was the number one recommendation of the Augar review, of which I was fortunate enough to be a member. The …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"Just to clarify, I know that that is the case, but there seem to be a lot of people out there who have not quite grasped that. That is the only point I was trying to make...." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for her reply and was delighted to hear the announcement yesterday. But there is a more general issue. This country, unusually, underfunds 16-19 education compared with 11-16—lower secondary—education. The post-16 White Paper was very welcome because it acknowledged the critical importance of this phase. Yesterday the …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest as a governor of a 16-19 academy...." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to maintain real terms per-pupil funding for 16–19 year olds, as set out in the Post-16 education and skills white paper, published on 20 October 2025...." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendment 426C and thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Falkner, Lady Spielman and Lady Lawlor, for their support. I will also speak in support of Amendment 422E, to which I have added my name.
"That was your choice. I am going to follow instructions.
It is becoming easier to obtain these pills not least because of the balkanisation of American states on abortion issues, which has also turbocharged the use of pills in the United States. If, as seems likely, obtaining and administering an …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech