🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I endorse everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, said about the disparity in pay between FE lecturers and schoolteachers, and the iniquity of that. FE is simply not treated in the same way as other educational systems. The Minister keeps saying that the Government are looking into this. Can he put a timescale on that? Are they looking into it this year, next year or...
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My Lords, partnerships between independent and state schools are making a tangible difference in closing the music attainment gap. Programmes such as MusicShare in the West Midlands have reached over 30,000 pupils across 500 schools, and community initiatives such as Wells Cathedral School’s free Saturday orchestra have opened opportunities to children who might otherwise miss out. Will the...
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My Lords, I congratulate all the maiden speakers on excellent contributions and particularly welcome my two new colleagues, the noble Baroness, Lady Leaman, and the noble Lord, Lord Dixon, who are both taking a well-earned break. We are delighted to have them join us and we look forward to working with them. I know the convention is not to repeat a point made earlier in the debate, but as...
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My Lords, I confess that I had to do compulsory ballet when I was a little, round, fat six year-old, so I am not in the elite. As well as the Central School of Ballet, a great number of small, specialist performing arts providers, highly regarded internationally, send their overseas students there. But, of course, providing these courses and keeping a pipeline of high-level tutors is more...
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My Lords, in calling Motion A1, I must inform the House that, if it is agreed to, I will not be able to call Motion A2 by reason of pre-emption.
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My Lords, the presence of EU students in our universities has always been a net benefit to our students, enhancing their breadth of vision and making them understand how other people live. Is it not time we looked again at introducing better ways for EU students to attend our universities?
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My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Young, said, the student finance system is broken. Students face soaring repayments that they never signed up for. May I suggest, for instance, that public sector workers—doctors, nurses, teachers, members of the Armed Forces, civil servants, and so on—who will never earn the eye-watering salaries of the private sector, have their loans written off after,...
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My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell of Surbiton, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government when they will issue their guidance to the Office for Students on the allocation of the 2026–27 Strategic Priorities Grant.
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To ask His Majesty's Government why guidance to the Office for Students on the allocation of the 2026–27 Strategic Priorities Grant has been delayed; and what plans they have to mitigate the funding risks this delay has caused.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on economic growth of including PhD students in the international student levy.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of including PhD students in the international student levy on the UK’s ability to attract global research talent.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of including PhD students in the international student levy on their ability to realise their industrial strategy.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to exempting PhD students from the international student levy.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of commissioning an inquiry by Ofqual into the sale of the City & Guilds of London Institute, given the implications for the qualifications system.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with parties involved in the sale of the City & Guilds of London Institute prior to the sale of its charitable assets in October 2025.
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