"My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 15, to which I have put my name, and in support of Amendment 9.
Everybody here is agreed that apprenticeship is hugely important for productivity and growth, and in offering young people a valuable and valued route into skilled employment and adult life. …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, in the years before we had a national curriculum, this country was a world leader in the amount of music and drama that took place in its schools, and there were worries at the time that we introduced it that everything that was not mandated would be excluded. …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, I support this amendment. Indeed, I express strong support for all the amendments that have managed to get themselves tabled in spite of the language of this Bill, which at this point are just calling for report. It seems quite extraordinary that, at a time when we have …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"I do not have very much to add, everybody will be glad to hear, except to highlight the fact that assessment is not the same as getting to the end of the standards. We have a complex set of awarding bodies and some assessment standards which require an external qualification …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"I was about to take this opportunity to ask for clarification, but it follows on from something that the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, said earlier, so perhaps he will follow up on it. We have a lot of regulators in this area, and I also am a little concerned. I …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, I too apologise that I was unable to be at Second Reading, although I have read all the contributions made by noble Lords, including those here, at the time. I add my general support to pretty much everything that has been said, including on Amendments 21 and 33. …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise to speak to the two amendments in this group in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, to which I have added my name. More broadly, I want to speak to the general thrust of the group. I think that our joint amendment was not …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"Can the Minister give an example of what might spark that off? I am finding it hard to imagine a situation in which it might occur...." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech
"My Lords, I too strongly welcome this debate and congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, on her eloquent speech. I will focus on the general situation facing specialist colleges in a rather broader sense—including but not confined to those that we think of as special needs—which cater to small, specialist …..." Baroness Wolf of Dulwich - View Speech