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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Thursday, 2 July 2009, in the House of Lords.

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. Lords Committee stage fourth day. Clauses 40 to 46 agreed to.

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

712 c334-54,373-438

Session

2008-09

Department

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 42-EN also published.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
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Proceeding contributions

Earl of Listowel | 712 c421 (Link to this contribution) While on average most children leave home at the age of 24, we face the problem in this country that...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c421-2 (Link to this contribution) From 16 to 18, of course, there will be lots of apprentices who will be earning money. Would they al...

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Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c420 (Link to this contribution) The amendment concerns a question of equity. Under Section 512 of the Education Act 1996, local auth...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c420 (Link to this contribution) I have no idea of the cost. I shall find out precisely what it is and write to the noble Lord.

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c420 (Link to this contribution) Can the noble Baroness give any indication of what the costs are likely to be if her amendment is pa...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c420-1 (Link to this contribution) I know that none of us is anxious at this stage of our country’s history to add to the public costs,...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c425 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Elton raises some interesting questions about what happens when a learner finds...

Lord Elton | 712 c425 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 108, with which I am going to speak to Amendments 109, 110 and 111, strikes the Bill in Cl...

Lord Elton | 712 c425 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 108 108: Clause 44, page 27, leave out line 26 and insert "at a school other than a schoo...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c423 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister. I believe that breakfast is more effective than lunch. I take on boar...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c422-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp; she has revealed an interesting area, so to speak. With rega...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c422 (Link to this contribution) In answer to my noble friend, the proposal from the Liberal Democrat Front Bench is only for those w...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c424 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response. Perhaps, between now and Report, we can discuss what some of ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c424 (Link to this contribution) I think that I will be able to reassure the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, as he requests. Noble Lords ...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c423-4 (Link to this contribution) Clause 44 specifies that those who are over compulsory school age but under 19 are entitled to the c...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c423 (Link to this contribution) Clause 44: Duties in relation to the core and additional entitlements Amendment 107A 107A: Clause ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c430 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I support this amendment—it clearly is important. Also, the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c429-30 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, that, in many cases, boarding accommodation can be extr...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c427 (Link to this contribution) Clause 45: Provision of boarding accommodation: persons subject to learning difficulty assessment A...

Lord Elton | 712 c427 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness and those who contributed to this short debate airing a hobby ho...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c429 (Link to this contribution) I certainly welcome the clause. First, I declare an interest. I am the president of a charity that p...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c427-9 (Link to this contribution) This amendment brings to the Committee’s attention the issue of boarding education for those with co...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c426-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for a very interesting reply. Is there any evidence available on what young peo...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c426 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I can reassure the noble Lord. The picture he paints of the past is one with which I ide...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c427 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to be more positive. Perhaps I may focus on the introduction of diplomas, which is a...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c427 (Link to this contribution) That was a very interesting and reassuring exchange between the noble Lord, Lord Elton, and the nobl...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c430-1 (Link to this contribution) Together, Amendments 112 and 113 place a duty on local authorities to secure boarding provision for ...

Lord Addington | 712 c434 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I do.

Lord Lucas | 712 c434 (Link to this contribution) When we see the noble Lord, Lord Addington, wearing pink glasses, smelling of fish and bouncing on a...

Lord Addington | 712 c433-4 (Link to this contribution) This is effectively the second act of the discussion we had earlier. I am trying to think of any rea...

Lord Elton | 712 c431-2 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 113A 113A: After Clause 45, insert the following new Clause— "Provision of screening for ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c431 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that contribution. I assume that what the Minister has said will satisfy ...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c431 (Link to this contribution) In view of what the Minister has said—he makes great play about Clause 40 interacting with this clau...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c431 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his response, which, as he rightly says, puts on the record what is require...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c434 (Link to this contribution) This amendment goes back to our earlier discussion. It is crucial that it is considered and taken on...

Lord Lucas | 712 c434 (Link to this contribution) They are all cures for dyslexia which I have seen tried. The noble Lord and this amendment make a cr...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c434-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for his amendment. I will take careful note of the strong commitment around t...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 712 c435 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is not always children who are making poor progress...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c435-6 (Link to this contribution) I will not argue with the noble Baroness about the importance of early diagnosis—perhaps "identifica...

Lord Addington | 712 c436 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to delay the Committee, but does the Minister accept that the answer probably lies not in...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c437 (Link to this contribution) We have sought advice from Sir Jim Rose and we have had clear guidance from him. However, I will not...

Lord Elton | 712 c437-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part. I have not quite finished with this. The Rose ...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c407 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend continues his argument, would he consider asking the Government to adjourn th...

Lord Elton | 712 c406-7 (Link to this contribution) I wish to speak also to Amendment 123. The Committee knows that my eye is apt to be caught by small ...

Lord Elton | 712 c406 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 102 102: Clause 40, page 24, line 35, at end insert— "( ) In this section "reasonable nee...

Lord St John of Fawsley | 712 c408 (Link to this contribution) May I pursue the important question raised by my noble friend Lord Baker? The representatives on the...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c401-3 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord R...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c405 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, do we have enough speech therapists? What is being done to recruit more and to retain them,...

Lord Ramsbotham | 712 c405-6 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank all those noble Lords who have taken part in the debate. The fact that so many differ...

Lord Addington | 712 c403 (Link to this contribution) I had information which suggested that we might get a comment like that. Does the Minister agree tha...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c403-5 (Link to this contribution) We are not saying that we will not do it, or that we will not do anything. That is the most importan...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c411 (Link to this contribution) I was interested in what the noble Lord said. I must admit I do not always rely on the Telegraph as ...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c411 (Link to this contribution) The Minister mentioned bringing certain information forward, but he did not refer to the information...

Baroness Verma | 712 c411 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 102A 102A: Clause 40, page 24, line 35, at end insert— "( ) In performing the duty impose...

Lord Elton | 712 c411 (Link to this contribution) I take the Minister’s point about my second amendment, because the clause does not have the reservat...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c408 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness is coming back.

Lord St John of Fawsley | 712 c408 (Link to this contribution) Welcome back. We would be very interested to know the result of the noble Baroness’s mission. Would ...

Baroness Walmsley | 712 c408 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I might pursue the matter under discussion. Inability to communicate effectively in English ...

Lord Elton | 712 c408 (Link to this contribution) I entirely accept that. My amendment will help them as well.

Lord De Mauley | 712 c408-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend Lord Elton for raising this issue, which he has pursued assiduously througho...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c373 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 95 95: Clause 40, page 23, line 38, at end insert— "( ) ensure that all sixth form provis...

Lord Rix | 712 c354 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in support of these amendments. I am very grat...

Baroness Walmsley | 712 c374-5 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that I cannot support the amendment. While I, too, deplore the discrepancy between the i...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c374 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 95 would ensure a bare minimum of standards of education in sixth forms. It would add a pa...

Lord Lucas | 712 c354 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for doubting the Government’s intentions. The noble Lord has made it perfectly clear tha...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c354 (Link to this contribution) We will come back to the noble Earl on that. I apologise for missing that out.

Earl of Listowel | 712 c354 (Link to this contribution) Care leavers may be outwith this amendment, but at the very welcome annual meeting of the regional c...

Baroness Deech | 712 c375 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment. In recent years, the details of our curriculum have been upside down. Very ...

Lord Lucas | 712 c375 (Link to this contribution) I very much support the spirit of my noble friend’s amendment, but not the wording. It is important ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c375-6 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to be able to respond and I hope to offer some reassurance, in particular to the nobl...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) I am struggling to convince the noble Lord. The way I see this is that the local authority has the p...

Lord Lucas | 712 c378 (Link to this contribution) I agree with that, but it still does not answer the question. What powers are we giving local author...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c378 (Link to this contribution) We have had detailed discussions about commissioning in local authorities. We have the 16 to 19 part...

Lord Lucas | 712 c377-8 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend’s amendment does not deal with the general, it deals with the particular. The defect...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c377 (Link to this contribution) I just intervene to tell the Minister—it is maths and further maths about which I assume the noble L...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c377 (Link to this contribution) What I have here is the number of entries in subjects from maintained schools and FE colleges; the n...

Lord Eatwell | 712 c376-7 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend sits down, I wonder whether she could elucidate her comments on mathematics. ...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c379 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has answered his own question. The powers set out in new Section 15ZA are required in...

Lord Lucas | 712 c379 (Link to this contribution) I do not disagree with anything the noble Baroness has said, but I want to take the point a little f...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c342-3 (Link to this contribution) Certainly they have been framed in a way that specifically does not mention sector skills councils. ...

Lord Rix | 712 c343 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 94 94: Clause 40, page 23, leave out lines 36 to 41

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c343 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his reply and to all Members of the Committee who have supported m...

Viscount Ullswater | 712 c346 (Link to this contribution) I must advise the Committee that if the amendment is agreed to I shall not be able to call Amendment...

Lord Rix | 712 c343-6 (Link to this contribution) As your Lordships know, the Bill transfers the duty to secure learning provision for 16 to 19 year-o...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c346-7 (Link to this contribution) Like the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, I have put my name to Amendment 94 of the noble Lord, Lord Rix,...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c346 (Link to this contribution) My name is linked with those of the noble Lords, Lord Rix and Lord Low, on the amendment, to which I...

Lord Addington | 712 c348 (Link to this contribution) This is, effectively, the second go we have had. The previous time the Committee sat, more or less t...

Baroness Blackstone | 712 c347-8 (Link to this contribution) I cannot believe that the Government intend by the inclusion of this clause to hit the provision of ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c349 (Link to this contribution) I sympathise with the amendment and thoroughly support the way in which my noble friend Lord Rix pre...

Lord Ramsbotham | 712 c348-9 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support what my noble friend Lord Rix has said. I cannot help but reflect on one word tha...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c350-1 (Link to this contribution) As my noble friend Lady Blackstone reminded us, we need to establish that making the best use of the...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c350 (Link to this contribution) I support Amendment 143 in the name of my noble friend Lord Rix, having taken part in the Childcare ...

Lord Elton | 712 c349-50 (Link to this contribution) Having arrived late for the debate I will restrict my comments to an endorsement of one of the point...

Bishop of Ripon and Leeds | 712 c349 (Link to this contribution) I too support Amendment 94 and express my gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Rix, for tabling it. I w...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c354 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of the time. I take account of the concerns that have been raised, which I understand...

Baroness Blackstone | 712 c353-4 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely accept that there may be a need to apply this to the Young People’s Learning Agency, bu...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c351-3 (Link to this contribution) I will return to that point. I think that that is where the role of the YPLA will prove important. ...

Lord Rix | 712 c351 (Link to this contribution) The Learning and Skills Council was a centralised funding programme with annual targets set each yea...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c390 (Link to this contribution) In part, the noble Baroness has answered her own question. If we are talking about building on succe...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c390 (Link to this contribution) Was the noble Baroness referring to paragraph (c) or (d)?

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c390 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for the explanations he has given. They have been quite helpful. Yet I find p...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c392 (Link to this contribution) It will not be an imposed process of the kind the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, described. There would be ...

Lord Lucas | 712 c393 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but I will continue where I left off because, given that I fail to understand anything the Mini...

Lord Ramsbotham | 712 c393 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 98 98: Clause 40, page 23, line 38, at end insert— "(f) act with a view to satisfying its...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c390 (Link to this contribution) Paragraph (d), which states, ""take account of education and training whose provision the authority ...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c391 (Link to this contribution) I will come back to the noble Baroness on that specific point. In subsection (4)(a), which mentions,...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c391-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his clear statement that FE and sixth-form colleges will not have a catchme...

Lord Lucas | 712 c392 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to everyone who has spoken on the amendment and for the explanation given by the ...

Lord Lucas | 712 c396-7 (Link to this contribution) As with Clause 40, we will keep coming back to this issue at unexpected moments during the next day ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c396 (Link to this contribution) I shall not detain your Lordships for long. I thought for one awful moment that I was going to have ...

Baroness Walmsley | 712 c395-6 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of my noble friend Lady Garden, who has added her name to these amendments, I would like t...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c399 (Link to this contribution) Amendments 98 and 101 are indeed part of wider efforts—as my noble friend Lord Elton said, we will r...

Lord Low of Dalston | 712 c399-401 (Link to this contribution) I support this group of amendments and take this opportunity to spell out the importance of the lear...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 712 c398 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, painted a depressing picture of young people with special needs who...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c398-9 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support these amendments. I suffered from a speech impediment as a child, received assistanc...

Lord Addington | 712 c397 (Link to this contribution) This is the opening barrage of a campaign to get the idea of more screening into this legislation. A...

Lord Elton | 712 c397-8 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to support the noble Lord, Lord Addington, in that and to offer my support for the amendme...

Lord Lucas | 712 c379 (Link to this contribution) I am sure we will have a chance to come back to this on later amendments.

Lord Elton | 712 c384-5 (Link to this contribution) I go a little further than my noble friend who has just spoken because I do not give much weight to ...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c379 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate, in particular the noble Barone...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c379-80 (Link to this contribution) I shall have a go. A lot is happening with the rollout of diplomas as well as with the development o...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c380 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister and to all other noble Lords who have participated in the debate. For ...

Lord Lucas | 712 c380 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 96 96: Clause 40, page 23, line 38, at end insert— "( ) respect the independence of any f...

Lord Lucas | 712 c380-1 (Link to this contribution) I think I understand the reasons why the Government want to bring sixth-form colleges and other coll...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c381-2 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to Amendment 103. It is a slightly obscure amendment to probe, to some extent, the sam...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c382-4 (Link to this contribution) Listening to the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, the Committee has been reminded of the enormous adminis...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c384 (Link to this contribution) I should declare an interest as a former governor of Hills Road College, which has been mentioned as...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c385 (Link to this contribution) I very much support the amendment. The case has been argued extremely well by the noble Lord, Lord B...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c387 (Link to this contribution) So—

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c387 (Link to this contribution) That applies to sixth-form colleges as well?

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c386 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 96 echoes some of the concerns in a recent article in the Guardian, as well as concerns in...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 712 c387 (Link to this contribution) Does that apply to sixth-form colleges as well?

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c389 (Link to this contribution) We are not taking that away. I merely pointed out other circumstances and that we could not focus on...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c389-90 (Link to this contribution) Can I get clarification from the Minister? He said that the funding will follow the learner, and, eq...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c387-9 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I did say so. Section 15ZA(4), inserted by Clause 40, already sets out that local authorities ...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c389 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful, as I am sure is the Committee, to the noble Lord for that full reply. However, I...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c419 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I am absolutely emphatic that the funding follows the learner. The difficulty lies in tryin...

Lord Elton | 712 c419 (Link to this contribution) That makes it much more difficult to imagine what will happen if the young person in question decide...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c419 (Link to this contribution) Clause 43 gives local authorities a power that the Learning and Skills Council currently has.

Lord Elton | 712 c419 (Link to this contribution) I am much obliged. How useful it is to speak from a script. I have one further question, but I shall...

Lord Elton | 712 c419 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately I have not brought with me the Act which is to be amended by this Bill so as to ask ab...

Lord Elton | 712 c418 (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord and the Committee would allow me a little time, this is a strictly probing amendme...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c418 (Link to this contribution) If I was just addressing the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Elton, maybe I could do that, but a...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c418 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may put one further question to the Minister. What about sixth form colleges? Would a loca...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c418 (Link to this contribution) The answer is yes.

Lord Lucas | 712 c418-9 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord said that the funding follows the learner, but what he said previously amounted to sa...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c416 (Link to this contribution) From these Benches, I will say briefly that we share the concern raised by the noble Lord, Lord Elto...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c416 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Elton has raised another well considered probing point, and I look forward to h...

Lord Elton | 712 c415 (Link to this contribution) Clause 43: Power to require provision of education by institution within further education sector A...

Lord Elton | 712 c415-6 (Link to this contribution) This is a probing amendment that stands on its own. I want to use it to clarify two things. One is t...

Lord Lucas | 712 c416-7 (Link to this contribution) Is the clause aimed at people who have found themselves without the educational opportunity that the...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c417-8 (Link to this contribution) Clause 43 gives local authorities powers that the Learning and Skills Council currently has to requi...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 712 c412-5 (Link to this contribution) I very much hope that I will be able to offer the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, the reassurance that s...

Baroness Verma | 712 c415 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response and my noble friend Lady Perry for supporting the amendment. T...

Baroness Verma | 712 c412 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 102A is a probing amendment, which is merely designed to draw attention to the fact that d...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c412 (Link to this contribution) Briefly, I offer my strongest support for the amendment. This policy for academies is clearly shared...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c336 (Link to this contribution) What arrangements will there be to consult local authorities about apprenticeships for social work? ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c334-6 (Link to this contribution) This set of amendments is about consultation, asking that local authorities and the chief executive ...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c334 (Link to this contribution) Clause 40: Education and training for persons over compulsory school age: general duty Amendment 93...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c337-8 (Link to this contribution) Like other noble Lords who have spoken, we feel that the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, has brought for...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 712 c338 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendments. The LEAs will require all the help that they can get to secure these...

Baroness Blackstone | 712 c338 (Link to this contribution) On the face of it, this is a rather sensible group of amendments. Obviously it is very important for...

Earl of Listowel | 712 c339 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for what she has said. I quite agree that it has been very important to r...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c336 (Link to this contribution) It seems totally reasonable to include the amendment in the Bill. Consultation is a part of the proc...

Lord Ramsbotham | 712 c336 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to see the amendment. I mention one particular group representing employers, which I be...

Lord Cotter | 712 c337 (Link to this contribution) I think there is a very strong feeling in this Chamber today about the importance of my noble friend...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c339-42 (Link to this contribution) These amendments mirror the focus of the debate that we had on our second day in Committee concernin...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 712 c339 (Link to this contribution) I have just had a brief thought on what the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, said about consultation...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c342 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that these amendments would not turn the Bill into a hybrid?

Lord Ramsbotham | 712 c393-5 (Link to this contribution) This is a probing amendment, on a subject that is appearing in a number of other amendments to other...

Lord Elton | 712 c432 (Link to this contribution) This amendment seeks to amend Section 321(2) of the Education Act 1996, which puts a general duty on...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c419-20 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 107 107: After Clause 43, insert the following new Clause— "Free meals for 16 to 18 year ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 712 c421 (Link to this contribution) Having listened to the debate, I think that this is a question of equity, as the noble Baroness, Lad...

Baroness Verma | 712 c432-3 (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Elton has once again brought forward a particularly sharp and important amendme...

Lord Elton | 712 c407 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps if I concluded my introductory speech, it would give the Government time, if I extended it a...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 712 c409-10 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord, Lord Elton, for initiating this interesting debate. During his initial contr...

Lord Lucas | 712 c348 (Link to this contribution) Surely the answer to that is simple. The Government know exactly what is going on at the moment; the...

Lord De Mauley | 712 c385-6 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 96 in the name of my noble friend Lord Lucas is welcome and I support it—indeed, I have pu...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 712 c421 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Perry, mentioned the education maintenance allowance. That is paid to schoo...

Lord Addington | 712 c421 (Link to this contribution) It has been seen that, if you have a better carbohydrate intake in the morning, you are better at le...

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