Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 Nov 2025 Dyscalculia
"My Lords, given the current pressures on SEND, I understand why the Government are wary of another classification and assessment, which would be very difficult to meet. I ask the Minister whether Ofsted, in its future programmes, is going to look at identifying some of the issues on maths teaching, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"In making that last point, does the noble Lord accept that, in essence, we need to be given more days in Committee so that we can go through this Bill in detail but do so in the way that the noble Baroness suggested? The issue is that, at the moment, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, rather than discouraging air travel, surely the aim of the Government should be to encourage sustainable aviation. Can my noble friend the Minister say a little more about what progress we are currently making on the sustainable aviation fuel targets?..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that, alongside decarbonisation, one way to reduce prices for many people would be to encourage them to use flexible electricity? In other words, through battery storage and other modern techniques, consumers can be encouraged to use electricity at a time of …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I will make a couple of comments. Clearly, my noble friend the Minister will no doubt say that this is outwith the intention and focus of this legislation. I sympathise with that; it is the answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. However, as a former distinguished chief …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, on the issue of net zero and the North Sea, can my noble friend remind the party opposite that in the last period of their Government, the CBI showed that the green economy grew by over 9% as opposed to a miserable 1% in the economy generally? Does …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"Does my noble friend recollect that we left an economy growing by 2%; they crashed it with their ludicrous austerity drive in 2010?..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I am sure my noble friend will respond to this interesting amendment by saying that there are some technical issues that the Government need to reflect upon, and that there will be a future vehicle. I just ask her to be sympathetic to having a look at this, …..." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"If my noble friend would let me correct a point, I did not mention bats at all; I mentioned my experience of Hinkley Point C, which is very different...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech
"My Lords, I was at a conference yesterday, and the Telegraph reported on it. The headline is not my authorship...." Lord Hunt of Kings Heath - View Speech