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

"My Lords, if my Amendment 505C appears something of an outlier, it is only because it is. It would have been more appropriate for it to have been introduced in Part 1 of the Bill, but I have to be honest and say that, at the time, I was unaware …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I thank my noble friend for that very full response to Amendment 505C. I am not a lawyer, so I cannot say at this stage whether I accept the reassurance. I would like the opportunity to discuss it with her before Report, perhaps with some legal support on those points. …..."
Lord Watson of Invergowrie - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"Amendment 456 in my name would require new state schools opened after this Bill enters the statute book to have a limit on faith-based selection for admissions of 50% when the school is oversubscribed. This has been a requirement since 2011, but, as it stands, the Bill would end that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 479 in my name. Before doing so, I offer an apology to noble Lords, in particular the noble Lords, Lord Addington and Lord Holmes of Richmond. I added my name to their amendments in the previous group and fully intended to speak in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Sep 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I will speak in favour of Amendment 435, to which I have added my name. I am also happy to signify support for Amendment 436ZZB. I am less enthusiastic about Amendment 436ZZA, because it is prolix and bureaucratic —but, if the opportunity came, I would not vote against …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"I simply want to ask the noble Baroness whether she can explain what the very detailed description she is giving has to do with border security, immigration or asylum...."
Lord Watson of Invergowrie - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I am indebted to the noble Lord, Lord German, for mentioning the very unfortunate accident that the noble Lord, Lord Alton, suffered. I was not aware of that. Many noble Lords will be well aware of the fearless campaigning on humanitarian issues over many years by the noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I am in favour of Amendment 196, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hampton. That may surprise my colleagues on the Front Bench—to some extent, it surprises me—but I will speak from personal, recently lived experience.

My son is in year 9 at an academy in …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"I have listened with interest to what the noble Lord said, as I always do. I prefer the politics of his father, the author of the 1945 Labour manifesto, rather more than his own, but that is something else.

The point he is making about the Combined Cadet Force is …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

"My Lords, I am pleased to speak to Amendment 209 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Young, to which I have added my name, and I thank him for introducing it so effectively. A young carer is defined as someone who is under the age of 18 and …..."
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