20 Most Recent Stories From Baroness Walmsley's recent appearances (TheyWorkForYou)

Tue 1st Jul 2008:

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

The Minister has concentrated his remarks on the way in which the Government have encouraged school councils. Will he say something about the duties of further education colleges to consult their...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

We have Amendment No. 69 in the group. We agree with the objective of the noble Lord, Lord Elton, but noble Lords will notice that there are a number of differences between his amendment and...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

In that case, what on earth is the point of it? If the employer is not to check whether the young person has taken full responsibility to fulfil their duty to participate, what is the point of...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

Can the Minister clarify one thing? On one hand, he tells my noble friend Lady Garden that it is not reasonable to take away the employer's duty to check at all; but on the other, he tells the...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

The noble Lord will have the opportunity to address those issues when we come to the Clause 12 stand part debate.

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I have considerable sympathy with the noble Lord, Lord Layard. Clearly, none of us wants to let anybody off the hook as regards doing the right thing for young people and enabling them to learn...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I thank the Minister for that further clarification. I have to accept what he says about A-levels. I hear what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, says about university courses, but we are dealing here...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I thank all noble Lords who have contributed. We are perhaps straying into the area of wanting to clarify exactly what we mean by "guided", not just "guided learning". I understood the Minister...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I will also speak to Amendments Nos. 37 and 39 to 48 inclusive. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, for introducing us to the Rose project which raised issues about a group of young people...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

moved Amendment No. 35: Clause 8, page 4, line 25, leave out "guided learning" and insert "learning time"

Thu 26th Jun 2008:

Higher Education | Lords debates.

My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Luce, on initiating the debate and I thank him. I should like to see higher education keep up its quality but become more equitable and fully...

Wed 25th Jun 2008:

Children: Commissioner and UN Convention | House of Lords | Written Answers.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Children's Views and Interests Team in the Department for Children, Schools and Families became the Children's Commissioner Sponsorship and United Nations...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I do not accept that the two options that the Minister puts before me are the only two tenable in this situation. Let me be clear: I believe that, for most young people and for society as a...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

Noble Lords will be pleased to hear that, although I cannot promise to be quite as succinct as the noble Lord, Lord Dearing, with his two-word response a few moments ago, I have no intention of...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

It is supposed to lead on further and to be a gateway for those young people who are not ready for a course that leads to an accredited qualification. These young people may lack the social...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I thank noble Lords who supported these amendments or at least one of them. I thank the Minister for his further consideration of whether Amendment No. 50 should be included in the Bill. As...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I shall speak also to Amendment No. 50 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sharp of Guildford. I will also make a brief comment about the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas,...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

moved Amendment No. 15: Clause 2, page 1, line 20, at end insert ", or ( ) have signed, and be participating in, a learning and support contract entered into with a local education authority to...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I thank the noble Baroness for her intervention. I do not believe that providing the right to postpone will exclude people, as long as the access, opportunities and support are in place. I agree...

Education and Skills Bill | Lords debates.

I rose briefly just then because I wanted to make a point that I thought might assist the Minister in answering that question. I would like to clarify. We have already indicated our intention to...

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