Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Oct 2019
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Adult Education Functions) Order 2019
"My Lords, I support this order but, as has been indicated by the speech your Lordships have just heard, it is founded on a far-from-ideal devolution scheme for Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside. It was a scheme with the wrong boundaries, because it excluded Gateshead and South Tyneside. It had …..."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 9th September 2019
Asked by:
Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the registration process administered by the Office for Students following the denial of registration to Spurgeon's College in respect of financial sustainability; and what plans they have, if any, to review that process.
Answered by Baroness Berridge
The department is unable to comment on individual cases related to the Office for Students (OfS) registration. The department supports the OfS as an effective independent regulator in its aim of safeguarding a fair market for students of all backgrounds to undertake higher education. Neither the department nor our ministers can intervene in judicial reviews of the decisions of the OfS.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Transport: A1 Dual Carriageway
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect work to begin on the construction of new sections of dual carriageway on the A1 in Northumberland...."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Transport: A1 Dual Carriageway
"My Lords, I thank the Lord Speaker for the clarity of his statement and beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper...."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Feb 2017
Transport: A1 Dual Carriageway
"I thank the Minister for his reply and ask him if it is the view of Her Majesty’s Government that there should be a continuous dual-carriage A1 from London to the Scottish border. He indicated in his response, and perhaps he will now confirm, that although the commitment was made …..."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 6th February 2017
Asked by:
Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which education authority areas in England new secondary or high schools have been built under the Priority Schools Building Programme on (1) existing sites, and (2) new sites.
Answered by Lord Nash
The £4.4 billion Priority School Building Programme is rebuilding or refurbishing those school buildings in the very worst condition across the country. There are two phases of the programme covering a total of 537 schools.
Under the first phase of the programme, building work is being undertaken at 260 schools. Of these, 177 schools have already opened in their new and refurbished buildings. This includes 98 secondary schools in 57 local authorities and all are on existing sites.
The vast majority of schools within the first phase of the programme will be delivered by the end of 2017, two years earlier than originally planned.
Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 27 Oct 2016
Anti-Semitism
"My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and I thank her for initiating this debate, and for doing it so well. I, too, want to concentrate on what universities need to do. Universities have duties to their students that they must not neglect. They …..."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 12 Mar 2015
Education Regulations and Faith Schools
"I realise that I approach this issue from a slightly different standpoint, but I have to say that the examples given by my hon. Friend are unbelievably alien to the experience of faith schools in areas such as Northumberland. I would not want him to think that that is what …..."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Innovative small business in my constituency, such as Shepherds Walks in Rothbury, have doubled their business as a result of the availability of superfast broadband under this valuable scheme. The remaining areas have businesses that could do the same if they were given a chance, so can he report any …..."Lord Beith - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 14th October 2014
Asked by:
Lord Beith (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what targets have been set for the release of her Department's material to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in her Department are engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education is currently meeting its targets to release two years’ worth of records every year from 2013 until 2022. This follows the transitional timetable for moving from a 30-year to a 20-year rule for the release of education records to the National Archives. Information on progress is published every spring and autumn, and is available on the National Archives website at:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/record-transfer-report.htm
There are three staff who review records, all of whom also perform other duties.