Schools Bill [HL]

I was going to get a glass of water, but that is going to be difficult. I thought for a moment th...

Just to clarify a few of my remarks, I want to credit the noble Lord, Lord Soley, the Minister an...

Will the noble Lord give way? My understanding is that it is not normal to have a backwards and f...

I had not finished. It is very unusual to intervene on an intervention. I was speaking and I was ...

My Lords, it is probably worth clarifying that on Report a Member should speak only once unless i...

The noble Lord, Lord Wei, asked me to give way, which I did, but I am quite happy to continue as ...

My Lords, I am going to be very quick. I would like to speak to my Amendment 86B and later amendm...

My Lords, I have several amendments in this group. If I were to say one thing to my noble friend ...

My Lords, I speak on behalf of my right reverend friend the Bishop of St. Albans, who has two ame...

My Lords, I am very supportive of Amendment 64A. Amendments 65, 66, 66A and 94 are also ways of r...

My Lords, I said at Second Reading, putting the register aside for a moment, that we as a society...

My Lords, I am in a bit of a dilemma. My noble friend Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, if I may so refe...

My Lords, on the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Wei, we disagree in principle on this....

My Lords, I rise to speak to the first group of amendments which relate to the proposals for chil...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in discussing these amendments and thank ...

The noble Lord would give a right not to go on the register to those who he would say are educati...

The law already places a requirement on parents to educate their children to the standards that t...

Moved by

Baroness Penn

68: Clause 49, page 42, leave out line 30

Member's expla...

Moved by

Baroness Penn

73: Clause 49, page 45, line 21, at end insert—

“(aa) mu...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

74: Clause 49, page 45, line 24, at end insert—

“(A1) Local...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 74 I will speak also to Amendments 75 and 78. It is important in th...

My Lords, Amendment 77 is in my name, and I am delighted to have the support of the noble Lord, L...

My Lords, in the absence of my noble friend Lord Hunt, who is in the Moses Room grappling with pr...

My Lords, it might be appropriate if I speak first to Amendment 76, which stands in my name and t...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 118 and in support of Amendment 74. As I said before, I ha...

My Lords, in the debate on the last group, I completely forgot to say thank you to the Minister, ...

Did the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, want to speak to his amendments in this group?

I thank the noble Baroness very much. The noble Lord, Lord Lucas, was giving me a signal from the...

My Lords, I will start with Amendments 74 and 75, tabled by my noble friend Lord Lucas. The law i...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. If she has any kind of assessment of the cost...

I am not sure whether that assessment has been made. If it has, I will be happy to share it. As w...

Before the Minister finishes, will she respond to Amendment 77 from my noble friend Lady Garden, ...

I believe I responded about examination costs. In fact, I had an intervention from the noble Lord...

Before the Minister sits down, will she receive from me great gratitude for her willingness and t...

That is very much appreciated. I also pass on to my noble friend the Minister the thanks of the n...

My Lords, I am glad to hear that the Government continue to give thought to the question of an in...

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

80: Clause 49, page 46, line 5, after "may" insert ...

My Lords, I also have Amendments 81 and 83 in this group. I am very pleased that the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I have Amendment 82 in this group, asking that local authorities give reasons when they...

My Lords, I support the thrust of these amendments. They follow on from my noble friend Lady Brin...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 119, and am generally supportive of a lot of the other amendm...

I will not speak to the Tory leadership election.

We support the approach suggested in many...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for hotfooting it over here from the Grand Comm...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness. The noble Lord, Lord Lucas, has been in this ...

Just briefly, I should make it clear to the noble Lord that we are at Report stage and I do not t...

The noble Baroness almost tempts me to push this to a vote, but I would not be allowed to. I have...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

86: Clause 49, page 46, line 8, leave out subsection (3) and...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

87: Clause 50, page 48, line 39, leave out from beginning to end ...

My Lords, in moving this amendment I will also speak to my other amendments in this group. This g...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is participating remotely and I invite her to speak n...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association and it is...

My Lords, I am going to speak to Amendment 97ZA, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hollins....

My Lords, I would like to speak briefly to Amendment 91, in my name in this group, which aims to ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 100, in my name and the name of my noble friend Lord Shipl...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 97A, 118J and 118K.

We have to remind ourselves that t...

The amendments in this group have attendance at their core, and nothing is more important. In add...

My Lords, the fourth group of amendments relates to school attendance orders and independent educ...

That is the statutory guidance, but what is the Minister’s department doing in relation to those ...

That was in relation to illegal settings, and we hope that is straightforward. Alternative provis...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that extensive explanation and her many good answe...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

93: Clause 50, page 52, line 22, leave out “, Academy standa...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

98: Clause 60, page 64, line 17, leave out “enactment” and i...

Moved by

Lord Harries of Pentregarth

101: After Clause 67, insert the following new C...

I beg to move Amendment 101 on British standards, which stands in my name and those of the noble ...

I support the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, and declare my interest as the honorar...

My Lords, I offer very strong support for Amendment 101, so eloquently moved by the noble and rig...

My Lords, I will briefly add to the chorus of approval for this amendment moved by the noble and ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 105, the purpose of which is to ensure that parents can disco...

My Lords, I speak in support of the amendment just spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, t...

My Lords, I have also put my name to Amendment 105. I commend the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, and...

Surely not.

There we go. I am written off as someone who wants free speech only in order to come out with hat...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 118A in my name. Before I make any substantive remarks, I ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord in what I thought was a very moving and...

My Lords, before speaking to the amendments, I want to quickly say how much I agree with Amendmen...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly on Amendment 118B.

For generations, there have been int...

My Lords, I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, that regional schools directors are civil servant...

My Lords, I am speaking to the two amendments we have in this group: Amendments 118G and 118H. I ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, for explaining her amendment to us. I...

I thank the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for Amendment 101. As he knows, we suppo...

I thank all those who spoke in support of my amendment, and I listened with great interest to tho...