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Building Schools for the Future

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

725 c539-48 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Education

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c541-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by saying a word in response to the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones o...

Baroness Walmsley | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) When the Secretary of State comes to do his consultation, as the High Court has required him to, wha...

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Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 725 c540-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I respond to the substance of the Minister's Statement, it would be helpful to prov...

Lord Lloyd of Berwick | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) I make it clear that I have not read the judgment, only the extracts which have appeared in the Writ...

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port | 725 c547 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I should express a possible conflict of interest as the vice-chairman of an educati...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c546 (Link to this contribution) I have rather a lot of sympathy with the thrust of the remarks made by the noble Lord. Through the J...

Lord King of Bridgwater | 725 c546-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend recognise that the greatest disappointment was caused when new school...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have two answers to those two questions. As regards the broader application of the rulin...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 725 c546 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Secretary of State has quarrelled not only with local authorities but also with archit...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c545 (Link to this contribution) I should like to provide some context in terms of scale. As I am sure the noble Baroness will know, ...

Baroness Hughes of Stretford | 725 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister explain why the Secretary of State did not consult properly with every l...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that I am able to add a huge amount to the answer I gave my noble friend on...

Lord Beecham | 725 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in reference to the question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Willis, will the Minister confi...

Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 725 c544 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the essence of the judgment in the High Court is that the Secretary of State did not carry...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c544 (Link to this contribution) I think that I am right in saying that that question should be directed to the DCLG, which is the re...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c544 (Link to this contribution) It is clearly the case that an open mind will be brought to it. We have been told by the judge that ...

Lord Grabiner | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) I have two points for the Minister. First, is he telling the House that a decision has been taken no...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly confirm that the department accepts the judge’s ruling. On the second point, I will ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 725 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the judge found that there was an abuse of power by the Secretary of State. Given the unre...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c544 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble Lord for his attempted hospital pass, which I decline to accept. The...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) I think that that is an extremely fair and probably more concise way of summarising the position tha...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c548 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept that the decision taken by the Secretary of State for Education was ideological. No ...

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 725 c548 (Link to this contribution) We appreciate the way in which the Minister deals with this House, but will he accept that there was...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c548 (Link to this contribution) I understand the frustration that the noble Lord feels and I accept the reproach if it has felt to h...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c543 (Link to this contribution) The best answer I can give my noble friend is that I think the department needs to work out how best...

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 725 c545 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would the Minister, who I thank for his courtesy and his careful responses, care to inform...

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin | 725 c544 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I appreciate that the Minister had to respond to a number of questions from my noble frien...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c539-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat the Statement on Building Schools for the F...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 725 c547 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid I have to agree with my noble friend Lord King of Bridgwater that that was indeed the ca...

Subjects

Construction Capital investment Equality Judicial review Judgements Kent County Council Public consultation Nottingham City Council Schools Luton Council Building schools for the future programme Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Waltham Forest Council Newham Council

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