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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 February 2026

Debate

Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper

Contribution

The noble Lord is absolutely right. That is why we celebrate the 5 million additional days that children have been in school over the last year. In our schools White Paper we set a further challenging target to get young people back into school and attending full-time. The noble Lord is right that we need the support of parents to do that.

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