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Earl of Listowel | 729 c211GC (Link to this contribution) 79: After Clause 18, insert the following new Clause— ““Nursery staff development Where nurseries ad...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c218GC (Link to this contribution) Yes, I understand that they certainly would.

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c235GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that sympathetic reply and for his assurance that he will send me the terms...

Lord McAvoy | 729 c232GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly as I am well aware of the frustration of the government whip, who ma...

Baroness Walmsley | 729 c238-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have my name to one of these amendments and should have it to the other one as well. I a...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c239GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the debate on Amendment 83ZA be adjourned. Motion agreed.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c194-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had a useful debate and I was pleased to hear the comment that the noble Baroness,...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 729 c212GC (Link to this contribution) Yes. We will be seeing an update of this going on the whole time and, to my mind, it could not be a ...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c212-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Earl, we are committed to a diverse and high-quality early years sector. Th...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 729 c212GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, briefly, I support the broad thrust of my noble friend's amendments because this is quite ...

Lord Lucas | 729 c214-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again the Government have pre-empted me by sending me this morning a very helpful e-mail d...

Lord Storey | 729 c215GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not seen the guidance, letter or e-mail, but I am grateful that this measure has be...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c213GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful and careful reply and I thank my noble friend for sharing her e...

Lord Lucas | 729 c214GC (Link to this contribution) 82: After Clause 19, insert the following new Clause— ““Teacher performance (1) If the head teacher ...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 729 c216GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, lest my noble friend think that she is on her own, I am with her.

Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 729 c216GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to comment briefly and probably will be told off by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, in ...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 729 c216GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was going to make some comments on the content of the amendment in the name of the noble...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c204-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much want to speak against Clause 18 stand part, and I will talk to the other amend...

Baroness Morris of Yardley | 729 c206-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also speak in favour of the comments made by my noble friend Lady Jones. Perhaps I might...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 729 c207-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, and the noble Lord, Lord Knight, have both spoken cogentl...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c208-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is clear that everyone is agreed on the important contribution that school support staf...

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 729 c209-10GC (Link to this contribution) If things happen as have just been described and responsibility for working out these arrangements p...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c210GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may respond to that point because we want to get on. We are proposing the perpetuation of ...

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 729 c210GC (Link to this contribution) With the change in role and the scope of responsibility being exercised by the local authority being...

Baroness Walmsley | 729 c210GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in the debate and to the Ministe...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c211-2GC (Link to this contribution) In moving my Amendment 79, I wish to speak also to my Amendments 80 and 81. They are fairly self-exp...

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c218GC (Link to this contribution) 83: Before Clause 20, insert the following new Clause— ““Curriculum The Secretary of State shall ens...

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c218-20GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I salute schools which provide a broad and balanced curriculum and teachers who teach it. ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c220-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I speak in support of this proposed new clause, which I have also put my name to. It is a ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c216-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for the lack of the e-mail going round the entire Committee. Perhaps I may ind...

Baroness Howells of St Davids | 729 c218GC (Link to this contribution) I may have missed it, but can the Minister say whether the teacher who is being disciplined will be ...

Lord Lucas | 729 c218GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend. I agree entirely with the noble Baroness, Lady Howells. This does ...

Lord Lucas | 729 c179GC (Link to this contribution) 74: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause— ““Physical contact between pupils and school s...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c180-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it may help the Committee if I speak at this stage. According to the news, this guidance a...

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c181GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, from what I read of this guidance, it has a section on restraint of pupils who might be mi...

Lord Lucas | 729 c179-80GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 74 very briefly because apparently the Government have today co...

Baroness Hughes of Stretford | 729 c180GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to raise an issue on the back of this amendment and ask the Minister to reply to it...

Baroness Perry of Southwark | 729 c181-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name has also been put to the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Lucas. I am delig...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c181GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we will be sending round guidance on that. My noble friend’s amendment includes different ...

Lord Elton | 729 c181GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend mentioned guidance to staff. I want to put into her mind that it is necessary to tal...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c182GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords—

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 729 c182GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that a Division has just been called in the Chamber. Although we have not hear...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 729 c182GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the 10 minutes have expired. Before we continue, the Committee has had a request from Hans...

Baroness Morris of Yardley | 729 c182-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords I have no difficulty or disagreement with anything that anyone has said so far. I very much...

Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 729 c183GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may help the noble Baroness, which would be unusual from my position to hers. Th...

Lord Moynihan | 729 c183-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my friend in sport, my noble friend Lady Massey, will not be surprised to see me rise to a...

Lord Storey | 729 c184GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I echo what the noble Baroness, Lady Morris, has said. My concern is that physical contact...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c184-5GC (Link to this contribution) I support what has been said. It is a theme across children’s services that many practitioners feel ...

Baroness Benjamin | 729 c185GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support what the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, said about the wonderful work that teachers do ...

Bishop of Chester | 729 c185GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to pick up the reference of the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, to professionalism. Over...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c188-9GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend says from a sedentary position that it does not sound like the Secretary of State, b...

Baroness Morris of Yardley | 729 c188GC (Link to this contribution) That does not sound like him.

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c187-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 76 repeats the amendment that we debated regarding the General Teaching Council ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c187GC (Link to this contribution) 76: Clause 14, page 22, line 32, at end insert— ““( ) This section shall only come into force if its...

Lord Lucas | 729 c186-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Government. It is exactly the answer that I had hoped for and I look ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c186GC (Link to this contribution) Yes.

Lord Elton | 729 c186GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the noble Baroness assure us that the long version will be withdrawn and that the shor...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c186GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall not respond to all the points made in this useful debate but I would draw out one ...

Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 729 c186GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I ought to say a brief word about that as president of the National Governors’ Ass...

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 729 c185-6GC (Link to this contribution) I wish to refer to a body of people who have not been mentioned in the debate thus far but are menti...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c192-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have never been accused of being Maoist and believing in permanent revolution before. In...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c192GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister clarify one further point? There is concern that the Government imposed ...

Baroness Benjamin | 729 c194GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the TDA has undertaken excellent work in raising equality in schools. Recruitment from BME...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c194GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, just before he does, I thank the Minister for his reply, particularly for what he said abo...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 729 c191GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be brief and, I hope, to the point; I want to record my support for the remarks of ...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c190-1GC (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak to Amendment 78, which is in my name, and to support Amendment 76, to which I have a...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 729 c192GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I echo a number of the points that have been made and emphasise the question back to the M...

Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 729 c191-2GC (Link to this contribution) I have quite a lot of sympathy with the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Knight. As others have sai...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c189-90GC (Link to this contribution) COI is the Central Office of Information, a substantial agency that works across government in order...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c189GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may ask what the initials COI stand for.

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 729 c199GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a Division has been called. The Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes. Sitting suspended ...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c198-9GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a timely debate—only the week before last the department published its strategy fo...

Earl of Listowel | 729 c198GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hesitate to speak, but the amendments raise very important issues about the teaching pro...

Baroness Brinton | 729 c195GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 76A in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Walmsley. ...

Baroness Brinton | 729 c195GC (Link to this contribution) 76ZB: After Clause 14, insert the following new Clause— ““First principle in funding teacher educati...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 729 c197-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I question all three amendments. I do so because this is a thread running throughout the B...

Lord Rix | 729 c197GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords I rise to speak to Amendment 77 in my name, which is also concerned with teacher training. ...

Baroness Brinton | 729 c196-7GC (Link to this contribution) I think that on the first part of the premise the noble Lord is absolutely right. Sadly, in this cou...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c195GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when the noble Baroness met her friends from Finland, I wonder whether she had similar ans...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 729 c203-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rise to speak to our opposition to the Question that Clause 18 stand part of the Bill. W...

Baroness Walmsley | 729 c202GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak also to Amendment 78B. Clause 18 abolishes the School Support Staff Negotiating Body. ...

Baroness Walmsley | 729 c202GC (Link to this contribution) 78A: Clause 18, page 25, line 26, at beginning insert ““Subject to subsection (3),””

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c200GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister’s patience with me. I am interested in his view of the bachelor of ed...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c199-200GC (Link to this contribution) As I was saying, the Training our Next Generation of Outstanding Teachers document says: "““There is...

Baroness Brinton | 729 c201GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his helpful response. My starting point in response is to pick up the comme...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c200GC (Link to this contribution) As the noble Lord knows, we are keen to encourage people into teaching via a variety of routes, whet...

Baroness Brinton | 729 c201GC (Link to this contribution) I shall not speak for my noble friend any further. We are back in Whitehall farce territory. I apolo...

Baroness Benjamin | 729 c201GC (Link to this contribution) He is behind you.

Lord Rix | 729 c202GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his lengthy response to this amendment. I will take it back to the Special ...

Lord Rix | 729 c201GC (Link to this contribution) 77: Clause 17, page 25, line 23, at end insert— ““( ) The Secretary of State shall monitor the teach...

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c235GC (Link to this contribution) I should not have mentioned that. I agree about teacher professionalism. I am glad that expert group...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 729 c235GC (Link to this contribution) 83ZA: Before Clause 20, insert the following new Clause— ““Technology in schools (1) The Secretary o...

Lord McAvoy | 729 c233GC (Link to this contribution) I hear what my noble friend said. She is a very formidable person and I have some trepidation in hav...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c233-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be brief in my response as I am very conscious that there are a number of noble Lor...

Baroness Massey of Darwen | 729 c233GC (Link to this contribution) That is not the intention of the amendment. I have no problem with faith schools, provided that they...

Lord Elton | 729 c233GC (Link to this contribution) Can I ask whoever has got that telephone next to their microphone to move it because those of us usi...

Baroness Howells of St Davids | 729 c232GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment. I do this because most people have concentrated on the curriculum...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 729 c240GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this may be a convenient moment for the Committee to adjourn until Wednesday at 3.45 pm.

Lord Elton | 729 c240GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may make an observation, and a plea. We have heard some fascinating speeches tod...

Lord Colwyn | 729 c237GC (Link to this contribution) If the noble Lord is not about to wind up, I think that we probably do not have time to get through ...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 729 c237-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have made the case that technology is crucial in supporting the curriculum today and not...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 729 c236GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am conscious of the time and of a message from the Front Bench that I should be as brief...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 729 c236-7GC (Link to this contribution) I meant the other bishop—the secular bishop. Electricity is considered a very important part of del...

Baroness Walmsley | 729 c223-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to make very brief comments as I intend to say more about the curriculum when...

Lord Moynihan | 729 c227GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is absolutely right. If you assess the success of Beijing, regrettably, we were heavi...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c227GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord obviously speaks with great passion and expertise on these matters. However, to some ...

Lord Moynihan | 729 c224-7GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, having sat through the previous three sessions of this Committee waiting for this amendmen...

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood | 729 c224GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thoroughly support the idea of balance in schools and education, but there is a differen...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 729 c231GC (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Lord about 14, but I am interested to hear that he would keep a national curr...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 729 c230-1GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could I thank the noble Baroness for the kind words that she said about me and fashioning ...

Baroness Garden of Frognal | 729 c230GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for intervening. We are hearing some tremendous speeches, but they are more Se...

Baroness Morris of Yardley | 729 c227-30GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find myself in the position of agreeing with a little of what everyone so far has said, ...

Lord Baker of Dorking | 729 c231-2GC (Link to this contribution) I do not support everything that the present Government do. I think a lot of what they are doing is ...

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