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Written Question
Dance and Drama: Sponsorship
Tuesday 25th March 2025

Asked by: Baroness Hooper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to confirm to providers operating within the Dance and Drama Awards scheme what their specific budgets for the academic year 2025–26 will be.

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The department will shortly confirm final budgets for the 2025/26 academic year and is in touch with providers concerning this.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Nov 2022
Education Technology: Oak National Academy

"My Lords, I declare an interest as the honorary president of BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association, whose members have grave concerns about the Oak proposals, and who are mainly highly motivated and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises. Has my noble friend had time to read today's Times Educational Supplement …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Plurilingual and Intercultural Education

"My Lords, given that English is the most spoken language in the world and that Spanish, as a first language, is the second most spoken language, will my noble friend reassure me that priority will always be given to the teaching of Spanish?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support the noble Duke, the Duke of Wellington, in his Amendment 42. I declare an interest as a co-chairman of the All-Party Group on Dance, as well as having been a pupil of the Royal Ballet School so long ago that it was still then called the …..."
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Written Question
Open University: Overseas Students
Tuesday 22nd August 2017

Asked by: Baroness Hooper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

Her Majesty's Government whether ministers or officials have had any discussions with the Open University on its use of a restricted countries list in its application process, in particular in relation to Cuba.

Answered by Lord Nash

At the request of the Open University, officials from the Department for Education, the Department for International Trade, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have met with it to discuss its use of a restricted countries list in its application process, in particular in relation to Cuba.

The UK greatly values its relationship with Cuba and signed a Memorandum of Understanding in April 2016, with the aim of enhancing co-operation in higher education. We are committed to the principles of partnership and development as set out in the Memorandum.

There are no UK or EU sanctions against Cuba. However, we understand that private organisations such as the Open University have to take decisions about their exposure to sanctions on the basis of commercial considerations, their own legal advice and appropriate risk assessments.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Mar 2017
Brexit: Gibraltar

"My Lords, I declare an interest as honorary president of the Friends of Gibraltar. This is a UK-based group which brings together Gibraltarians and others who have lived and served in Gibraltar and who are concerned about keeping in touch with what is going on on the Rock, politically, economically …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 20 Jul 2011
Education Bill

"My Lords, my name is attached to Amendments 117 and 121, and I wish to associate myself with the remarks made by the noble Lord, Lord Quirk, with regard to Amendment 117. Both these amendments were intended to remind us of and to draw our attention to the importance of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Jul 2010
Education: Languages

"My Lords, can my noble friend give more information about the scope and background to the Paris declaration and tell us if the United Kingdom is a party to it?..."
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