Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life

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My Lords, I give the noble Baroness the Minister the assurance that I will not repeat that party ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for introducing this debate so comprehensively o...

My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Peers for the Planet and congratulate my noble friend...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I share many of her views ...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Marks of Hale on a wonderful maiden speech. He is a...

I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, most sincerely for securing this debate and for his ...

My Lords, there is a lot of evidence that, once a certain standard of living is reached—economic ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for securing this debate and particularly thank ...

My Lords, some people think that learning a foreign language is just an academic pursuit for the ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, on securing this debate and opening it so...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, has plainly scored a real bull’s-eye in initiating this ...

My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for this extremely important debate. I am be...

My Lords, I stand here today deeply honoured to be a Member of your Lordships’ House and proud to...

My Lords, it gives me the greatest pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Elliott’s maiden speec...

My Lords, as ever, I declare my interest as a state secondary school teacher in Hackney. I join t...

My Lords, while also thanking the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, I remind your Lordships of my regist...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Aberdare for introducing this topic. We have the ...

I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, on securing this excellent debate. I declare my int...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Aberdare on securing this important debate and on h...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for the chance to have this debate.

I work...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lords, Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell and Lord Marks of Hale,...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this fascinating and informative debate. I congratulat...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend, Lord Aberdare, for introducing this important debate....

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, for raising this important debate and I congratu...

My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Aberdare on securing this very importa...

My Lords, certain themes come across in trying to sum up what has been said in this debate. A cle...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Addington. He always speaks with...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords across the Chamber for their contributions. I thank th...

I am very grateful to the Minister for the full answer she has already given. Can she give her as...

It will.

I turn to the wider points raised about the curriculum by my noble friends Lady Sa...

At the beginning of her speech, the Minister said—I have not heard a Minister say it before—that ...

The skills gap numbers that I cited were in relation to global skills gaps. The point I was makin...

My Lords, I have found this a thoroughly absorbing, enlightening and encouraging debate. I am ext...