Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"When I spoke at Second Reading, I made a plea for the Government to consider shifting money to early intervention and prevention so that we would not have to address issues of looked-after children and care leavers. The idea would be to put effort and funding into family support at …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 04 Jul 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, we have had a very interesting and informative debate on this subject. I do not wish to add anything because everything I might say has already largely been said. All I would say is that this is focused on the principle that I and others raised at Second …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 29 Jun 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for raising concerns about the legal aspects of children and care leavers, and in particular for extending that to children who have come here as refugees, and perhaps as unaccompanied minors. There has been a commitment from the Government that 20,000 …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 29 Jun 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Howarth, has said about council tax exemption. The point she made was absolutely right. I would like to add that the report The Wolf at the Door, again by the Children’s Society, showed just how quickly care leavers could get …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Jun 2016
Children and Social Work Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the register of interests as a local councillor and vice-president of the Local Government Association. I welcome the fundamental purpose of this Bill, which is to focus the attention of practitioners, policymakers and politicians on care leavers …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Mar 2016
Schools: Funding
"My Lords, will the Minister share his initial thoughts on the weighting for each of the fair funding criteria, which are outlined in the government consultation, so we can understand his definition of “fair”?..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 17th March 2016
Asked by:
Baroness Pinnock (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking in response to the findings of the 2015 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator, and in particular its conclusion that "the application of fair access protocol procedures for children with special needs mostly works effectively. However, a small minority of schools do not co-operate fully and delay or strongly resist the admission of a child".
Answered by Lord Nash
The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.
Written Question
Thursday 17th March 2016
Asked by:
Baroness Pinnock (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking in response to Main Finding 5 of the 2014 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator relating to admission priority to Reception Year.
Answered by Lord Nash
The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.
Written Question
Thursday 17th March 2016
Asked by:
Baroness Pinnock (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking in response to Main Finding 4 of the 2014 Annual Report of the Chief Schools Adjudicator relating to the admission arrangements of schools that are their own admission authority.
Answered by Lord Nash
The Department is giving careful consideration to the findings in the Chief Schools Adjudicator’s annual reports published in December 2014 and November 2015 as part of our current review of the School Admissions Code. We will be conducting a full public consultation in due course.
Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 04 Feb 2016
Education: English Baccalaureate
"I stand up with a bit of hesitation, because the previous two speakers have described with great eloquence all that is wrong with forcing the EBacc on whole years of learning in our secondary schools. I am pleased that we have the Question here today because it sparks off a …..."Baroness Pinnock - View Speech
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