Children and Families Bill

I will be quite brief; I do not have all my papers together. I feel that all of us in this Room r...

My Lords, I support Amendment 181, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Storey, to which I have added my...

My Lords, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, to which the noble Baroness, La...

My Lords, I add my strong support to Amendment 181. My noble friend Lady Hughes has just refereed...

My Lords, I will just add a few words. This multilayered system of appeal is absolutely insane an...

My Lords, this group of amendments concerns appeals and mediation. I thank noble Lords for their ...

I listened very carefully to the Minister. I think we will all want to read his comments in Hansa...

I have a great deal of sympathy with what the noble Baroness said. It is true that the excitement...

The noble Baroness, Lady Morris, makes her point powerfully and well. I entirely agree with her a...

I did not quite follow the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, made when she talked about ...

I very much welcome each contribution on this amendment and thank the Minister for his response. ...

Moved by

Lord Nash

183: Clause 52, page 39, line 15, leave out paragraph (b) and inse...

Moved by

Baroness Greengross

186: Clause 58, page 42, line 42, after “Wales” insert “...

My Lords, the purpose of my amendment is to specify the territorial limits to where councils are ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, for moving her amendment, althoug...

I found it interesting that the Minister said that very few people use the opportunity to be plac...

I think it would be helpful if I reminded the Committee that provisions in the Bill do not change...

My Lords, I must say I find this extremely confusing. I share the concern that the result of it a...

My Lords, I am always delighted to have meetings with noble Lords and I am sure that my noble fri...

I thank the Minister for his reply and thank noble Lords who supported the measure and understood...

My Lords, as I said, I would be delighted to have a meeting. However, it may help the Committee i...

I thank the Minister, but I would still like to take up the offer of a meeting. On that basis, I ...

Moved by

Lord Addington

190: Clause 62, page 44, line 39, at end insert—

“(g) a...

My Lords, I draw my attention and that of the Committee to the subject of apprenticeships and dys...

My Lords, I wholeheartedly support the passionate plea of my noble friend. I do not believe that,...

My Lords, several members of my family have varying degrees of dyslexia. All are able and intelli...

My Lords, my amendment is very short and applies to many other aspects of this part of the Bill, ...

My Lords, I very much support this group of amendments and we have heard passionate speeches abou...

My Lords, I, too, support the noble Lord, Lord Addington. The noble and learned Baroness, Lady Bu...

I support this group of amendments. I am mildly dyslexic, and I assure noble Lords that in terms ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Addington, has had a pretty good run for his money and has got not...

I have no wish to continue this debate for too long. I first declare the interest that I, too, ha...

My Lords, no one in this Grand Committee could doubt that the noble Lord, Lord Addington, has won...

My Lords, I also support the noble Lord, Lord Low, in Amendment 192. While the new draft code of ...

I want to make a few points on both these amendments. I do not particularly like award ceremonies...

I would just like to point out that the support given in further education colleges, which provid...

I thank my noble friend for that.

I now turn to the graduated approach. We have come a long...

We could talk about both these amendments all night. I just want to say two sentences. First, I a...

I entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Storey, and the noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, about th...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Turning to the suggest...

The Minister lost me for a moment. I am trying to follow him carefully but if we have such good p...

I may have misheard my noble friend but when he gave a list of all the different kinds of exams f...

My Lords, perhaps I may clarify the situation. It is the functional skills test and, before it, t...

My Lords, I have already said that I am not entirely satisfied and have some sympathy with the po...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister and thank him for giving way. This particular problem d...

My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s comments. I was asked about support for apprenti...

I apologise for interrupting the Minister yet again, but we are dealing with an extremely limited...

My Lords, when I have finished my speech, the best thing all of us can do is to read Hansard care...

My Lords, I did not ask for that: I asked for there to be assisted technology. I have conveyed al...

My Lords, I understand how passionate my noble friend is about the use of technology. I am not op...

My Lords, I have a quick word to say before my noble friend withdraws the amendment. The Minister...

My Lords, to give the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, a rugby analogy—good players catch bad balls and t...

My Lords, just before the noble Lord withdraws the amendment and sits down, I would say to the Mi...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Low, and say to him that the grouping of these two very important am...

Moved by

Lord Addington

195: Clause 63, page 45, line 15, at end insert—

“( ) T...

My Lords, I shall endeavour to be quicker on this issue, which concerns the training of those who...

My Lords, I support my noble friend in these two amendments. Amendment 195 seeks to put what sort...

My very first Oral Question was on dyslexia. I have raised the issue on a number of occasions and...

My Lords, I will comment briefly on the amendments and support the noble Lord, Lord Addington, an...

When my dyslexic granddaughter was identified as such in her excellent primary school, it sent so...

My Lords, there is a Division in the Chamber. The Committee will adjourn for 10 minutes and resum...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends Lord Addington, Lady Walmsley and Lord Storey for hig...

My Lords, I listened to my noble friend and he seemed to be saying that more or less everything o...

Moved by

Baroness Greengross

198: Clause 64, page 45, line 30, after “unit” insert “o...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 198 to 205, that is, all the amendments in this group. One ...

My Lords, I shall respond to the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, who moved the amendment on furt...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his very considered reply, but I am not really happy with it...

I have a little bit more to add. Young people aged 14 to 15 who go to college may be doing so for...

That is very helpful, and I thank the noble Earl. I will still take this back and consider in det...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

206: Clause 67, page 48, line 4, at end insert “in a pla...

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 206 and shall speak also to Amendments 207 to 209. I will do t...

My Lords, I support Amendments 207, 208 and 209, to which I have added my name. I think we are al...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendments 206, 207 and 208 and I will just say a few words abou...

My Lords, I shall speak to this group of amendments on the SEN code of practice for 0 to 25 year-...

My Lords, I admit to being a member of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. Will...

I am grateful for the noble Countess’s question. I shall explain. On 24 October, the DPRRC publis...

I am very grateful to the Minister for his careful response and the way in which he dealt with th...

Moved by

Lord Nash

210: Clause 68, page 48, line 19, leave out subsections (4) and (5...

Moved by

Lord Addington

212: After Clause 68, insert the following new Clause—

...

My Lords, for me this is a case of “three times pay for all” when it comes to dyslexia. The reaso...

Any hope of improving the education of detained young people must include addressing their specia...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 214. My name is attached to it and I particularly wanted t...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 212. I will just make a couple of short points. I, too...

My Lords, I will just follow up on the comments from the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley. This is w...

My Lords, I will briefly add to the comments in support of Amendments 213 and 214 and speak to my...

My Lords, I very much support all that has been said on this amendment about detained children. I...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, and my noble friends Lord Addington, Lord Stor...

My Lords, I apologise for asking a quick question. How does the virtual school head that this Bil...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that—shall I say?—reassuring answer. It was not the radical...

Moved by

Baroness Walmsley

215: After Clause 72, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, the Government argue that the local offer will improve transparency. However, in one ar...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for moving this amendment on the importance of inspect...

I thank my noble friend for his reply. Obviously, we all look forward with great anticipation to ...

Moved by

Baroness Howe of Idlicote)

216: After Clause 72, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, this amendment would insert a new clause imposing a duty to secure sufficient communica...

My Lords, I will speak briefly to support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe. S...

My Lords, I, too, rise to support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and agree with ...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support this amendment so eloquently moved by my noble friend and to ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, for moving this amendment and for conti...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his considered reply. I am not entirely happy with what he sai...

My Lords, I think this may be a convenient time to adjourn the Committee.