"My Lords, looking at this debate, what strikes me as the most unloved thing in the Room is the EBacc. The fact that we have an overemphasis on academic standards has squeezed out the fun bits. If I had longer, I would go over many of the speeches, but the …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, the most depressing thing about this debate is that it has been decades since I first spoke in a debate that pointed out that anybody with a learning disability or autism will have very bad health results and die early. That is an established fact. My noble friend …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, to sum up this debate briefly, I have nothing new to add. I merely agree with certain noble Lords who have already spoken. As for the Government’s approach, Henry VII’s son is all over it, and that is never a good thing for a Bill. I agree with …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Blake, has just said, this statutory instrument is probably well overdue. It is something that we have not looked at, because Governments of whatever colour or combination really just did not get around to it. So, I congratulate the current Government on having …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"Actually, there is quite a lot of good practice and basic support in virtually all further education institutions. For things such as information capture, there is a standard for everywhere. It can be used in a few ways; for example, lectures and so on can be taped and transcribed into …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister has accepted that every individual, regardless of when or how they pray, has a right to be educated and feel safe while that is going on. Can he go a little further and tell us what process the Government will introduce to ensure that those groups …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, I am an unworthy substitute for the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, but I am afraid it is one of those occasions when real life catches up with your Lordships’ House; it has stopped her being here today. She supports the amendment. When you start to think about it, …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, does the Minister agree that while you still have an entrance bar that is English and maths, a condition such as dyscalculia can stop somebody progressing through the entire system? If we agree on that, what are we going to do to make sure that all teachers have …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Government give us some idea of what plan they have for economic growth and what we actually want out of our university and student population? At the moment, we have a system—we all can remember the scars of its introduction —which seems to suggest, “You’ve got …..." Lord Addington - View Speech
"My Lords, the report suggests that something that sounds like institutionalised snobbery exists and that we should deal with things such as apprenticeships. Does the Minister have any idea how, in a sector dominated by freelancers and micro-businesses, we can make apprenticeships, or anything like them, more attractive to those …..." Lord Addington - View Speech