"My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Evans, on calling this debate. One can sense in the interventions from all sides of the House the deep disappointment and frustration that we now—once again, shockingly—have 1 million young people who are NEET. It is particularly frustrating, as tackling the …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I am clearly one of the guilty people who did not turn up to the briefing sessions, but I am sure my question will be answered. There is a view that success will look like more people moving in and out …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the committee on an excellent report, which is a magisterial review of the issues in space policy that also brings out the opportunities for us. I declare an interest as chair of SaxaVord spaceport, which has already been referred to. Before that, as chair of the …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, on calling the debate. I declare my interest as a visiting professor at King’s College London and as a director of Thames Holdings. It would be in the spirit of an education debate to have some set texts. I have two …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister rightly referred to the recent IFS report showing that on average graduates will earn £100,000 more than if they had not gone to university. That is why a graduate repayment scheme is fair. Can I invite her to place in the Library of the House of …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans on his excellent introduction to this debate, full of relevant facts and analysis. Indeed, we at the Resolution Foundation—I declare an interest as its president—have tried to contribute to such an analysis. It is absolutely clear that this is a British …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hobby, and my noble friend Lord Blackwater on their excellent maiden speeches. My noble friend has a deep knowledge of English culture and English history, and we had that on display as he rooted his Euroscepticism in a battle in Essex in …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, referred in her powerful speech to what she called the “revulsion” against the use of animals in medical experiments. That is why there has been a long-term strategy, reinforced by this Government but also pursued by previous Governments, of the so-called “three Rs”: the reduction, …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"In the light of what the Minister has said, I am even more struck by the significance of Amendment 170. Given that there is going to be this change in the regulatory regime in terms of the FCA, I do think that Amendment 170 is the crucial one. It absolutely …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech
"My Lords, I want briefly to enter this discussion to identify another group not captured in the neat divide of employers and scheme members. When there is £160 billion knocking around, people tend to work out elegant arguments for why some group or another has a claim on that money. …..." Lord Willetts - View Speech