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Baroness Keeley (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 23 April 2025

Debate

National Centre for Arts and Music Education

Contribution

My Lords, the national centre for arts and music education is a welcome development, particularly as it will be the lead for the programme of music hubs. Research by Birmingham City University has shown that hub lead organisations experience major issues in two key areas that the new national centre could support: managing access to adapted instruments, and monitoring pupil progress and supporting pupil re-engagement after periods away from music education. Can my noble friend the Minister tell me whether the Department for Education will engage with hubs and the music sector to help shape solutions to those and other issues?

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