Baroness Blake of Leeds

I believe this is a very sensitive area and we should not make assumptions about directions of employment from particular courses that students take. It is important to recognise…

I am sure those considerations are being taken into account as we move forward with this. I do not have an answer for the noble Baroness at this moment, but oversight of all the i…

Of course, it is always instructive to compare different systems and work out the detail of this. Tuition fees—I am deliberately looking at the Benches opposite—have always been c…

I thank the noble Baroness and of course I will write to her, but I emphasise to the House that any remaining balance after 30 years is cancelled. No debt passes to family members…

I feel as though I should declare an interest in having four kids who have all gone at different times and have been on different plans. It is incredibly complicated. To reassure…

I think the noble Baroness has outlined her views very clearly. Obviously, I cannot answer the questions that she raises today. There is no doubt that there is a strong feeling th…

Well, I think we can safely say that no decision in this area is simple and straightforward: there are knock-on consequences of every single aspect. The responsible thing is to lo…

I am tempted to say, “Who needs an Opposition?” I emphasise that this system is obviously getting a lot of attention at the moment. There is a lot of disquiet about what is happen…

My Lords, as the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Education have outlined in the other place, this is indeed a complex system. We are looking for ways to make it fair…

I am very happy to come back to the noble Baroness on the first part of her question. We are at risk of going down the route of semantics on this. We are saying that we want a who…

The noble Lord raises a crucial point. I do not think there has been enough emphasis in early years on this whole area of SEND. What he says is an interesting idea. It is complex.…

I will repeat what I have said, and emphasise that the national inclusion standards cover all areas. We need to have universal approaches as well as the tools and approaches to id…