"My Lords, our debates around the issue of child safety in your Lordships’ House tend to highlight a lack of confidence that the big tech companies will do the right thing. They could make their products safe by design but they do not. If legislation is required after three months, …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, more than six out of 10 schools with the highest level of disadvantage entered no pupils for GCSE music in 2024-25, compared to just one in 10 of the least disadvantaged. The Primary Winds Programme at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire helps to address this gap at primary level …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what actions they intend to take to reduce the attainment gap in music for disadvantaged pupils in state schools...." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, in opening our debate on the gracious Speech, my noble friend Lady Anderson described our Government’s ambition as having one central mission: to build a more resilient country that spreads opportunity for all. The country in which we live is one in which talent is everywhere but opportunity …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I cannot really compete with what has been said about dance specialisation because I ceased my dance classes at three. I want to expand a little on the music and dance scheme in schools, and I have raised this with my noble friend the Minister before. She knows …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, on the same principle of making it safe, I will speak to my Amendment 219, which would open an extra channel of communication. It would require the person’s GP to disclose relevant information about the person’s eligibility for assisted dying. That information would be disclosed, first, to the …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Freyberg, on securing this short debate and introducing it so well. I thank the ISM—the Independent Society of Musicians—Dr Anthony Anderson and Professor Adam Whittaker of Birmingham City University, and Dr Robert Gardiner of the RNCM, for their analysis and briefings …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"My Lords, it is a pleasure to open this debate on the report of the Communications and Digital Committee’s inquiry on media literacy. In doing so, I will focus particularly on national leadership, the responsibilities of technology platforms and delivery in schools. This inquiry was the first undertaken after I …..." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"That the Grand Committee takes note of the Report from the Communications and Digital Committee Media literacy (3rd Report, HL Paper 163)...." Baroness Keeley - View Speech
"I thank my noble friend the Minister and all noble Lords who have spoken in this wide-ranging debate, with some excellent questions. I thank the Minister for saying that he will later answer any questions to which we have not had an answer.