Results 1-20 of 102 for speaker:Viscount Clancarty
- UK Clothing Sector: Safety — Question (13 May 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, what is the Government's response to Muhammad Yunus's call for an international minimum wage for those working in the garment industry, the level of this wage to be agreed upon by the foreign buyers?
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Take Note (24 April 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, I do not support the proposal for a Back-Bench committee for debates. There will inevitably be a tendency towards safer, more mainstream and more predictable debates and a decrease in the breadth of debate-of issues discussed in this House-something for which this House is known. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Butler, that having only a few people speak in the debate does not...
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Third Reading (20 March 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, briefly, I support Amendment 10, proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, although I support Amendment 11 as well. To emphasise how important it is that the new orphan works scheme works and how culturally significant that is for Britain, I agree with everything that the noble Lord said. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of this development for our national museums....
- Media and Creative Industries: Equality — Question (25 February 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, do the Government accept that cultural diversity in the creative industries will have significant roots in school education? If so, will the Minister say what they are doing to encourage every child, whatever their background, to have the best possible education in art and design subjects?
- Education: Curriculum, Exam and Accountability Reform — Statement (7 February 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, I thank the Government for listening to the many voices of concern, including those from the arts, about the operation of a two-tier system. We have had good news today; nevertheless, issues remain. Does the Minister accept that for the Government to be consistent in their response to these concerns, any performance measure should not continue to discriminate against subjects,...
- Education: English Baccalaureate Certificate — Question for Short Debate (14 January 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider their decision to omit certain arts subjects from the proposed English Baccalaureate Certificate.
- Education: English Baccalaureate Certificate — Question for Short Debate (14 January 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity to have this important and timely debate and I thank the Library for its briefing note. I must attach a disclaimer to the terms of this debate, which is: "Will the Government reconsider the omission of arts subjects from the EBacc, if the reforms go ahead?". A growing number, and I count myself among them, believe that the EBacc is severely flawed...
- Public Libraries — Question (10 January 2013)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, among the figures recently released, is the Minister aware of the 8% reduction in full-time library staff in the past year? That is almost double the number in the previous year, which will have had a significant effect on opening hours and other library services.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Education: Key Stage 4 Reform (19 December 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to report on the results of the public consultation by the Department for Education Reforming Key Stage 4 qualifications.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Arts: Funding (17 December 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in the Evening Standard on 28 November that "over this Parliament's lifetime, we will be investing some £2.9 billion in the arts", whether they will give a detailed breakdown of that figure.
- Arts Funding in North-East England — Question (28 November 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Newcastle City Council's plans to remove funding for the arts, what plans they have to safeguard arts funding in north-east England.
- Arts Funding in North-East England — Question (28 November 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, do the Government accept that local authority funding of the arts, which has no statutory provision and is irreplaceable, is at best a hugely effective, proven means of providing arts services throughout the country and a significant factor in regional regeneration and the national economy-witness the support given to Tyneside's Live Theatre, which premiered "The Pitmen Painters"...
- Schools: Arts — Question (19 November 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their proposals to change the school qualifications system, what plans they have in relation to the teaching of the arts in secondary schools, including visual arts, drama, music and dance.
- Schools: Arts — Question (19 November 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, the Minister will be aware of the huge concern expressed by many in the arts about arts and design being omitted from the EBacc-a concern, will the Minister take note, shared by the CBI? Does the Minister accept that if cultural skills and learning do not take an absolutely central role in the school curriculum, we will lose out in the development of the creative industries, which...
- Education: Development of Excellence — Motion to Take Note (18 October 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Perry, for giving us the opportunity to participate in this important debate. Excellence in schools should mean excellence for all students, from kindergarten through to when the child leaves school and even beyond. It should not be about the excellence of a small group, but about recognising and developing each individual student's potential, of...
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Buildings (24 September 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Culture, Media and Sport intends to move its main premises from Cockspur Street; and, if so, to what location and when.
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Government Departments: Buildings (24 September 2012)
Viscount Clancarty: To ask Her Majesty's Government what future use they envisage for the premises at Cockspur Street currently occupied by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.