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Schools: History

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

731 c401-43 

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Education

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Luke | 731 c401 (Link to this contribution) To call attention to the teaching of history in schools; and to move for papers.

Lord Luke | 731 c401-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords in advance for their contributions to today’s debate. I have belie...

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Baroness Bakewell | 731 c404-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support everything that the noble Lord has said about the teaching of history and commen...

Lord Cormack | 731 c410-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas, who is a most distinguished...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 731 c412 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the noble Lord for giving way but this point is pertinent to what he has just ...

Lord Cormack | 731 c412-3 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I reflect on all sorts of things as I make my meandering remarks but I will not allow my...

Baroness Andrews | 731 c413-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are all in debt to the noble Lord, Lord Luke, for the debate. It is a pleasure to take ...

Lord Addington | 731 c416-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when it comes to a debate on history I am afraid I bring a little history of my own into t...

Baroness Berridge | 731 c419-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Luke for securing today’s important debate. As previously out...

Lord Morgan | 731 c422-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, history needs defence in Parliament. It has been ill served by parliamentarians in recent ...

Baroness Benjamin | 731 c425-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Luke for securing this debate as I have always maintained...

Baroness Walmsley | 731 c406-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Luke on calling for this important debate. When thinki...

Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | 731 c409-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should perhaps declare an interest to begin with, because one of my books was a set book...

Lord Luke | 731 c443 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a most elevating afternoon. I very much enjoyed all the speeches and learnt ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 731 c431-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House is indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Luke, for securing this important debate, wh...

Lord Smith of Clifton | 731 c432-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as I come at the end of the Back-Bench contributions to this debate, much of what I might ...

Lord Bew | 731 c427-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, along with other noble Lords, would like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Luke, for securi...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 731 c429-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I express gratitude to my noble friend Lord Luke for initiating this debate, and I declare...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c437 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps many of the noble Lord’s colleagues remain so. However, we need to scrutinise objectively wh...

Lord Hill of Oareford | 731 c437-43 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is with more than my usual trepidation that I rise to speak because there have been tim...

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch | 731 c434-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Luke, for initiating this debate. He has raised some challeng...

Lord Addington | 731 c437 (Link to this contribution) I am not nostalgic for the way that I was taught history.

Subjects

Curriculum Disadvantaged History Primary education Teachers Training Secondary education GCSE Educational visits National Curriculum in England Review English baccalaureate

Contains statistics

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Link

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