Education and Adoption Bill

My Lords, before turning to the Bill, I want to point out that yesterday, in another place, there...

My Lords, in view of the immediately previous remarks, I have to declare an interest. I was invol...

The Church of England is firmly committed to delivering outstanding education that promotes acade...

My Lords, on my way into the House this morning, I heard someone say that there was going to be a...

My Lords, it is a great honour and a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, in t...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, and hear her response to my ...

My Lords, when I first looked at the Bill, my reaction was that there was not much to it. It is a...

My Lords, I shall not detain your Lordships for long. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Addingt...

My Lords, I am sure that everyone here wants to give every child in this country an outstanding e...

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating my noble friend Lord Blunkett on his maiden ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. I declare an interest...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, in particular on what ...

My Lords, the noble Earl has certainly not taken too long. The House always listens with great in...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this Bill and for emphasising his undoubted concer...

My Lords, first, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, to the House, as I am truly grateful to...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly only to the education clauses in this Bill, although I warmly wel...

My Lords, I add my name to those welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, to his place in this Ho...

The noble Baroness has spoken for three minutes.

I am sorry. Perhaps I may just finish my sentence. How will the commissioners cope with the extra...

My Lords, we have had a first-class debate with many excellent contributions from those who stron...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate this evening; it has been in...

My Lords, it is all very well for the Minister to blow his own trumpet, and I am glad that he has...

Consistent with our manifesto pledge and the Queen’s Speech, we are bringing forward proposals in...

Yes—

Yes to what?

So democracy can be suspended when it is an inconvenience.

No, democracy can be suspended where it is in the interests of the children. Rather than us propo...