Results 1-7 of 7 for in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates' speaker:Lord Lingfield

Education: Development of Excellence — Motion to Take Note (18 October 2012)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lady Perry for instigating this important debate. She has, of course, spent a considerable part of her life helping to improve education standards. I want to talk about a sector of education which is too often the Cinderella of our education services-further education. I declare an interest in that I am currently chairing a government review into...

Health: Stroke Care — Question for Short Debate (30 January 2012)

Lord Lingfield: I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Wheeler, for securing this important debate. I declare an interest as chairman of the ARNI Trust, which deals with rehabilitation after stroke. The noble Baroness has reminded us that stroke is now ranked as the largest single cause of disability among adults in the United Kingdom. About a third of a million people are now living with moderate to...

Education Bill: Report (4th Day) (1 November 2011)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, I particularly welcome this new clause because one of the most important items in it allows a continuation of funding post-16 and 18 to the age of 25. Many parents are dismayed that their "special education offspring"-as one put it to me-fall off the end of a funding cliff when they reach early adulthood, and this pilot will help us see much more accurately how this can be done. I...

Education Bill: Report (3rd Day) (26 October 2011)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, all of us sympathise with the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, regarding the appalling letters she and others of us have received from time to time and which completely miss the point of this debate. I do not think that any Member of your Lordships' House would think that a school ought not to have clear policies on bullying, the aspects of life dealt with in citizenship education,...

Education Bill: Report (2nd Day) (Continued) (24 October 2011)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister that, following my remarks, these clauses are to be inserted. It is worth reminding noble Lords of the unedifying accounts in the newspapers a short time ago, when we saw complaints from parents, teachers and schools. A printing mistake by the AQA board led to some schools receiving GCSE maths papers, taken by 32,000 pupils, which included questions...

Education Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (14 June 2011)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Edmiston, on his excellent maiden speech today. If I may, I shall touch on points made by the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Handsworth, about the rights to education of those children who have been excluded from school. The vast majority of children and schools for the vast majority of the time actually behave rather well. But, of...

Children: Parenting for Success in School — Debate (3 February 2011)

Lord Lingfield: My Lords, it is with a sense of considerable privilege that I address your Lordships' House for the first time. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Northbourne, for giving us the opportunity to have this debate. His efforts on behalf of the underprivileged are well known to us all. Some noble Lords will know that I have been engaged in education policy for a good part of my life. I hope, therefore,...