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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Special Educational Needs

"My Lords, is the Minister simply saying that equalisation of funding will be a good thing? Is it not the case that equalisation will mean that the poorer schools with the worst problems will have less funding than they have at present?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Nov 2021
Professor Kathleen Stock: Resignation

"My Lords, the Minister rightly says this is a sensitive area, but no academic should be worried about expressing an opinion, and no academic should be fearful for their own well-being. The Government say they will introduce new legislation, but how will that affect this issue if the university fails …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Jun 2019
Education: Industrial Strategy

"My Lords, the skills gap between ourselves and, say, Germany is massive. Despite that, the Government have made cuts every year. Why are they cutting something that we need to catch up on?..."
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Written Question
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts: Finance
Tuesday 4th June 2019

Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the Higher Education Funding Council for England followed the correct procedures when it considered an application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for funding in 2016.

Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

During the existence of the Higher Education Funding Council for England it performed the duties required of it to a high standard, including dealing with funding applications.

The UK government cannot currently comment on the specific case of the funding application from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in 2016 as there is a live investigation underway by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Mar 2019
Special Educational Needs

"My Lords, the Government seem to be taking comfort from the fact that the majority of appeals are dealt with, but the Question was about the minority who wait up to three years. Should we not address that straightaway?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Education and Training

"My Lords, the creative industries have lots of vacancies they cannot fill with UK citizens. What are the Government going to do to address the shortage, which has mainly been caused by changes in the education system?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Social Mobility Commission

"My Lords, it is clear that social mobility in the UK is declining. Will the Government issue some clear priorities and set out some clear targets by which we can measure social mobility?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 27 Mar 2018
Schools: Free Lunches and Milk

"My Lords, does the Government’s policy not mean that although present claimants are protected, future generations will not be and children will go hungry?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Dyslexia: Disabled Students’ Allowance

"My Lords, the Minister says that these people have already had assessments and have been proven to have a condition. That condition does not change when they go to university. Can he explain why they are being treated differently from other groups?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Apr 2017
Literacy in the Workforce

"My Lords, the Minister says he accepts that this is a major problem. Does he intend to find £250 million to address it, as was highlighted in the report?..."
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