Schools Bill [HL]

My Lords, I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I th...

My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to teachers. I believe teaching is one of the most challengin...

My Lords, I declare my specific interest as chair of the National Society. Noble Lords will know ...

My Lords, the Schools Bill clearly supports the Prime Minister’s ambition to improve schooling fo...

My Lords, I have a declared interest as the honorary president of the Association for Citizenship...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett. I remind the House tha...

My Lords, I shall speak principally to Parts 3 and 4 of the Bill and applaud the Government’s pro...

My Lords, with children sitting GCSEs, BTECs, A-levels and other qualifications, it is rather apt...

My Lords, I declare my interest in connection with Birmingham Education Partnership, to which I m...

My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this Second Reading and draw attention to my inte...

My Lords, this debate is not really about education; it is about the governance of schools. I thi...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Baker. I listened to what my nob...

My Lords, the range of speakers in this debate indicates how close schools are to your Lordships’...

My Lords, I mention my interest as the governor of a specialist music school. There is clearly mu...

My Lords, I declare my interests as a member of Middlesex Learning Trust and a trustee of Artis F...

My Lords, I rise to speak about home schooling and hopefully to correct two or three of the misco...

My Lords, I welcome this Bill and its direction of travel.

I will raise four matters today....

My Lords, we have had some excellent speeches from the former Education Ministers present in the ...

My Lords, there is much to welcome in the new Bill, as my colleague the right reverend Prelate th...

My Lords, I shall try to follow with some thoughts on the speeches of the noble Baroness, Lady Mo...

My Lords, I wish to address two aspects of this Bill, both of which concern the role of religion ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this Second Reading, not least to follow the noble Bar...

My Lords, what an extraordinary Bill this is. It is silent on so many of the pressing issues faci...

My Lords, I declare my educational interests as detailed in the register. I am a governor of a le...