Equality: Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission

Baroness Bull Excerpts

Wednesday 25th March 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)]

The work that happens in Select Committees of the House is absolutely essential, and the noble Lord is right to ask about what comes next. On that specific issue, I will get back to him.

[Baroness Bull (CB)]

My Lords, can the Minister say what consideration the Government have given to joining AgoraEU as a means of promoting equality? While she speaks about schools, we know that children have opportunities outside and around schools that can be very important in breaking down these barriers. She will know that AgoraEU combines three programmes, one of which is about citizens’ equality, rights and values. Does she agree that association with that could be a way not only to promote equality but to share best practice with countries with which we have opportunities, challenges and values in common?