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Written Question
Department for Education: Public Appointments
Monday 5th February 2024

Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what public appointments are made directly by the Secretary of State for Education.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

Public appointments made by my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education are published on the Public Appointment Order in Council; please see the attached document. The appointments are publicly announced on GOV.UK and can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-education-non-executive-appointments. The order includes those roles where official sign off by the King and/or the Prime Minister is required.

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"I gently remind the noble Lord of the Companion, which says that speakers

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Schools Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, can we just be clear about where we are? We have not yet agreed to consider the Report stage of the Bill...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I say very briefly that amid the myriad arguments on this group and, indeed, throughout the Bill, there is, if it does not sound too pompous, a philosophical difference, to put it mildly, about academies and their role. I have to say I particularly like my noble friend …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 22 Jun 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I have listened to this debate carefully, and it has been extremely sensitively presented, but it has raised a lot of questions. I shall certainly not talk about home schooling, on which I have no expertise whatever, but I am going to make a comment about procedure, of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Schools Bill [HL]

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