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Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 July 2025

Debate

Young Futures Hubs

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My Lords, in my over 30 years of youth and community work, I have watched Governments of varying stripes bring in similar initiatives. Would it not be better to spend this money on organisations that already exist, such as FE colleges, schools and nurseries? You would get a bigger bang for your buck, and they already have the relationships with the young people. Surely that is a better way than starting something new that will take years to get off the ground and be effective. Of course, you could spend that money to ease the cost of parenting—those are environments where there is much more impact on children’s outcomes in future.

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