Education and Adoption Bill

My Lords, I understand that there are some drafting issues with this amendment, but I will still ...

No.

Are you in the right Room?

I could see all these faces nodding—

I am tempted to say that you might as well keep going.

As a teacher, it was a fascinating experience to see the students looking quite puzzled, but when...

I take it that you have QTS.

Yes, absolutely. But I shall sit down.

In order that the discussion can continue, would the noble Lord be kind enough to move his amendm...

I beg to move Amendment 23.

My Lords, as the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, is not here—it is not a good start—I shall rise to...

I will try a second time.

The noble Lord, Lord Nash, has a view that he has expressed a num...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 24 and 25 in this group and to whether Clause 9 should stand...

My Lords, I shall comment, I hope briefly, on the three listed amendments in reverse order, start...

My Lords, this is a fairly minor point, but I heard the Hewett School in Norwich being mentioned,...

It is no longer the Hewett School but the Hewett Academy.

It is still a school or an academy, and if we remembered that it might help some of the progress ...

My Lords, I shall be taking part in the Second Reading of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, so I ...

My Lords, I will make just a few comments on this group of amendments. I, too, apologise that I w...

My Lords, in speaking to Amendments 23, 24 and 25, regarding consultation about the identity of a...

Before the noble Lord sits down, may I ask a question? I am grateful for the letter to the noble ...

I think I have already said that I shall reflect on the points made, and I shall take that into a...

But what now happens on day one?

I think that I should, perhaps, write to the noble Baroness about that.

4.15 pm

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his helpful reply. I found it very reassuring in terms of my p...

My Lords, is the noble Earl aware that 28% of five to 15 year-olds are either overweight or obese...

I thank the noble Lord for saying that. That is a very important point which, with his health bac...

If the noble Earl is contemplating making an academy sponsor application, I am sure we would be h...

I shall refer to two comments made by the Minister, if I may. The first was that underperformance...

Moved by

Lord Storey

30: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—

“Ins...

My Lords, in our endeavours to ensure that we have the highest standards in our schools, we look ...

I am not going to gainsay what the noble Lord has said. I am sure he has done his homework. But w...

I agree with that. Of course, the other reason is, despite what the Minister constantly tells us,...

My Lords, I respect the noble Lord’s motivation in tabling these amendments. My objection to them...

Does the noble Baroness not agree that the difficulty is that local authorities no longer have th...

I have declared my interest as chair of Wandsworth Academies and Free Schools Commission. We inte...

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, I see the noble Lord’s three amendments as being essentially a...

My Lords, on the question of the qualifications of teachers, we can build ourselves into nonsense...

My Lords, I will speak to the new clauses proposed by Amendments 30, 31 and 32. These clauses, pr...

What would the noble Lord say about the skills you need other than your primary consideration? If...

I know that the noble Lord is always concerned about this point. Of course every school has to ha...

If this physics teacher who has deep subject knowledge is taking a class which misbehaves, and he...

I entirely agree with the noble Lord that behaviour management is key, which is why I am surprise...

I first want to comment on teaching assistants. I do not want to give the impression that I do no...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

32ZA: Clause 13, page 8, line 25, after “authorit...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 32ZA, I will speak also to Amendment 33. This group focuses on the ...

I will speak just to Amendment 34 in this group, which seeks to develop the work we did on the Ch...

My Lords, Amendments 33, 34 and 32ZA raise important issues about ensuring that any use of the po...

Clearly, the noble Baroness has given considerable reassurance to the Committee, but how does thi...

We think that the VAAs should be involved in early conversations about regional adoption agency d...

I thank the Minister for that reply, which was to a large extent warm and, I am sure, encouraging...

Moved by

The Earl of Listowel

32A: Clause 13, page 8, line 35, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, I shall speak also to my Amendment 34A. I know that the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, ...

I should just correct the noble Earl: for some reason, they would never let me near the Departmen...

I could not agree more. If we are reflecting for a moment on the past, Governments have invested ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for his very detailed speech today. I think that...

I am so pleased that the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, managed to get this amendment down. I tried, ...

My Lords, I commend the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, for tabling Amendments 32A and 34A, for the el...

My Lords, I hope it may be helpful to the Minister if I fill in a large omission that I made in m...

I will quickly say why I support Amendments 32A and 34. I am very sorry for not having been here ...

My Lords, Amendments 32A and 34A, spoken to by the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, and the noble Baron...

On that Future In Mind document, the Minister said that the chapter on vulnerable children makes ...

Clinical commissioning groups have been working with their local authority partners to develop lo...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate on these amendments toda...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

33A: Clause 13, page 8, line 35, at end insert—