My Lords, when the noble Baroness is evaluating the information, will she read in particular the marvellous series of reports by Professor Karen Bryan of the University of Surrey which have been made available thanks to the generosity of the Helen Hamlyn Trust? Everything that the noble Baroness needs to...

My Lords, when the noble Baroness is evaluating the information, will she read in particular the marvellous series of reports by Professor Karen Bryan of the University of Surrey which have been made available thanks to the generosity of the Helen Hamlyn Trust? Everything that the noble Baroness needs to...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that very helpful suggestion. I will read the reports.

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that very helpful suggestion. I will read the reports.

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. Like the noble Lord, Lord Elton, I am extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to raise points that I have raised before in this House. I make no apology for raising them again. I very much appreciated the meeting...

My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment. Like the noble Lord, Lord Elton, I am extremely grateful to be given the opportunity to raise points that I have raised before in this House. I make no apology for raising them again. I very much appreciated the meeting...

moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Before Clause 66, insert the following new Clause— ““Screening and assessment for specific learning difficulties (1) The following shall be screened for risk of specific learning difficulties— (a) each pupil in a maintained or voluntary aided school— (i) before his sixth birthday; (ii) in the...

moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Before Clause 66, insert the following new Clause— ““Screening and assessment for specific learning difficulties (1) The following shall be screened for risk of specific learning difficulties— (a) each pupil in a maintained or voluntary aided school— (i) before his sixth birthday; (ii) in the...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for agreeing to our proposal at a meeting last week to put a review of the Bill’s enforcement elements into the Bill, and that that should be carried out by 2016, when one whole cohort of young people has gone through the system. As...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for agreeing to our proposal at a meeting last week to put a review of the Bill’s enforcement elements into the Bill, and that that should be carried out by 2016, when one whole cohort of young people has gone through the system. As...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses for their response and support for the amendment. I offer the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, the reassurance that I think she is looking for. Having said that, I do not think that I will ever be able to reassure her until we have...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses for their response and support for the amendment. I offer the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, the reassurance that I think she is looking for. Having said that, I do not think that I will ever be able to reassure her until we have...

moved Amendment No. 2: 2: After Clause 59, insert the following new Clause— ““Review of initial operation of Chapter (1) The Secretary of State must appoint a person to conduct a review of the initial operation of this Chapter. (2) The person appointed must make a report to the Secretary...

moved Amendment No. 2: 2: After Clause 59, insert the following new Clause— ““Review of initial operation of Chapter (1) The Secretary of State must appoint a person to conduct a review of the initial operation of this Chapter. (2) The person appointed must make a report to the Secretary...

My Lords, while we share the Government’s ambition to see each and every 17 and 18-year old receive the best education or training to help them realise their full potential, our main concern throughout the Bill has been the issue of compulsion and the attendant sanctions this brings. Our desire...

My Lords, while we share the Government’s ambition to see each and every 17 and 18-year old receive the best education or training to help them realise their full potential, our main concern throughout the Bill has been the issue of compulsion and the attendant sanctions this brings. Our desire...

My Lords, I appreciate my noble friend Lord Layard’s dedication in promoting the interests of those young people learning while in work. It is our policy that learning for those in work should be personalised, high quality, accredited and delivered in a way that engages the young person and suits...

My Lords, I appreciate my noble friend Lord Layard’s dedication in promoting the interests of those young people learning while in work. It is our policy that learning for those in work should be personalised, high quality, accredited and delivered in a way that engages the young person and suits...

My Lords, my noble friend and I are delighted with that reply and extremely grateful to the Minister for the undertaking. It is wonderful news for young people and illustrates, if I may say so, two of the strengths of this Government: their willingness to listen and their commitment to...

My Lords, my noble friend and I are delighted with that reply and extremely grateful to the Minister for the undertaking. It is wonderful news for young people and illustrates, if I may say so, two of the strengths of this Government: their willingness to listen and their commitment to...

moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 8, page 4, line 29, after ““learning,”” insert ““including a substantial amount of time spent away from the individual’s work station,”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, this amendment is crucial to the definition of ““education and training””, which in turn is crucial to...

moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 8, page 4, line 29, after ““learning,”” insert ““including a substantial amount of time spent away from the individual’s work station,”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, this amendment is crucial to the definition of ““education and training””, which in turn is crucial to...

My Lords, on behalf of Members on these Benches, we strongly support the amendment.

My Lords, on behalf of Members on these Benches, we strongly support the amendment.

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for what she said. There are within what she said hooks on which policies can be hung and, more importantly, urged forward in the months to come. Before I withdraw the amendment, I must emphasise the importance of getting to children...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for what she said. There are within what she said hooks on which policies can be hung and, more importantly, urged forward in the months to come. Before I withdraw the amendment, I must emphasise the importance of getting to children...

My Lords, I add my voice to those describing the enormous importance of this amendment. I am grateful that we have been able to hear an able defence of it. The crucial word in the amendment is in subsection (5), which says that anyone nominated for a full assessment should...

My Lords, I add my voice to those describing the enormous importance of this amendment. I am grateful that we have been able to hear an able defence of it. The crucial word in the amendment is in subsection (5), which says that anyone nominated for a full assessment should...

My Lords, I am not sure about that. But I support the forceful points that my noble friend Lord Elton made both today and in Committee. Far too many children with learning difficulties are undiagnosed, and it has a major effect on their ability to participate in school, to keep...

My Lords, I am not sure about that. But I support the forceful points that my noble friend Lord Elton made both today and in Committee. Far too many children with learning difficulties are undiagnosed, and it has a major effect on their ability to participate in school, to keep...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their kind remarks and for the passion that they have brought to this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Elton, triggered—as he has done previously—an important and enlightening debate which gives me the opportunity, for which I am grateful, to put on the record...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their kind remarks and for the passion that they have brought to this debate. The noble Lord, Lord Elton, triggered—as he has done previously—an important and enlightening debate which gives me the opportunity, for which I am grateful, to put on the record...

My Lords, it would be difficult to argue against the amendment and I defy the Minister to try to smuggle it into a non-statutory framework. Our knowledge of the behavioural aspects of the human being has expanded so much that this kind of screening has become essential.

My Lords, it would be difficult to argue against the amendment and I defy the Minister to try to smuggle it into a non-statutory framework. Our knowledge of the behavioural aspects of the human being has expanded so much that this kind of screening has become essential.

My Lords, I will say a few words about the processes that we have gone through to get here. Having received the Minister’s letter, I appreciate that there is a considerable degree of commitment to carrying this further. Dyslexia was first mentioned in statute in the Chronically Sick and Disabled...

My Lords, I will say a few words about the processes that we have gone through to get here. Having received the Minister’s letter, I appreciate that there is a considerable degree of commitment to carrying this further. Dyslexia was first mentioned in statute in the Chronically Sick and Disabled...

My Lords, we are particularly lucky to have my noble friend Lady Warnock in her place and to hear her endorsement of the proposals and her backing of the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Elton. I join others in expressing the gratitude that we all felt to the...

My Lords, we are particularly lucky to have my noble friend Lady Warnock in her place and to hear her endorsement of the proposals and her backing of the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Elton. I join others in expressing the gratitude that we all felt to the...

My Lords, I shall let the House into a little secret. Over the past few months, my party has been reviewing its education policies. I can tell the House that, although Ministers may not have listened to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, the Liberal Democrats have. All the elements of...

My Lords, I shall let the House into a little secret. Over the past few months, my party has been reviewing its education policies. I can tell the House that, although Ministers may not have listened to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, the Liberal Democrats have. All the elements of...