Debate on bill on Friday, 2 December 2022, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Blower. The answering member was Baroness Barran.

School (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]

Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 825 cc2007-2027
Session: 2022-23
Department: Department for Education
Legislative stage: Second reading
Procedure: Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: School (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill (HL) 2022-23.
Monday, 13 June 2022
Bills
House of Lords; School (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 26 of 2022–23
Monday, 28 November 2022
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Blower | 825 cc2007-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a patron of Comprehensive Future.
Although this Bill con...; Baroness Berridge | 825 cc2009-2011 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving your Lordships’ House the opportunity to...; Lord Watson of Invergowrie | 825 cc2011-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Blower for promoting this Bill on a subject whose t...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 825 cc2013-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, for bringing forward this im...; Lord Davies of Brixton | 825 cc2014-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to support this important and timely Bill. I thank my noble frie...; Lord Storey | 825 cc2015-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, and other noble Lords, I take part in the Learn ...; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 825 cc2016-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much welcome my noble friend’s Bill. Like her, I am a patron of Comprehensive Fu...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 825 cc2017-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the register of interests and thank the nob...; Lord Adonis | 825 c2018 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord is making his case, but the school in which it was piloted in Liverpool, the Belve...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 825 c2018 (Link to this contribution)
I am afraid that my hearing aid meant I missed the first part of the noble Lord’s question, but I...; Lord Storey | 825 c2018 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, mentioned Belvedere, but there is also the independent selective sch...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 825 c2018 (Link to this contribution)
That is fantastic to hear, of course. Can I seek some guidance? Do I get a bit longer after the i...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 825 c2018 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, given that there have been a couple of interventions, a minute longer.; Lord Austin of Dudley | 825 cc2018-2020 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful for that. My other point is to ask why the Government cannot increase choice a...; Lord Hendy | 825 c2020 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the clerks, your Lordships and my noble friend Lord Kennedy of Southwark for al...; Lord Cormack | 825 cc2020-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I too am glad to speak in the gap. The noble Lord has of course not done too badly, and...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 825 cc2021-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, maybe I should declare that I went to St Thomas the Apostle, a Catholic boys’ school an...; Baroness Barran | 825 cc2022-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I echo other noble Lords in offering my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Blo...; Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 825 c2024 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister made a major part of her contribution the assertion that parents like choice. I am n...; Baroness Barran | 825 c2025 (Link to this contribution)
I really do not think that it is helpful to be judging parents and accusing them of being sharp-e...; Baroness Blower | 825 cc2025-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, writing notes to reply to a debate on the hoof when you are also listening to speeches ...; Lord Austin of Dudley | 825 c2026 (Link to this contribution)
If the noble Baroness thinks that this should be the priority for an incoming Labour Government a...; Baroness Blower | 825 c2026 (Link to this contribution)
Since I was not in the Government, I cannot tell the noble Lord what their thinking was. Sometime...; Viscount Younger of Leckie | 825 c2026 (Link to this contribution)
I am very sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness, but she will be aware that the convention is tha...; Baroness Blower | 825 c2026 (Link to this contribution)
I will conclude by thanking my noble friend Lord Hendy and saying to the noble Lord, Lord Cormack...
Subjects: Admissions Disadvantaged Grammar schools Pupils Schools School choice Social mobility
Legislation: School (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill (HL) 2022-23
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School (Reform of Pupil Selection) Bill [HL]

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