Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Non-Afl)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow such a thoughtful speech from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, who picked up on a couple of points that I was going to mention. First, I draw the House’s attent

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hobby, on his maiden speech. It seems not five minutes—in fact, it was 10 years ago—since he was visiting the Department for Education to gently point out

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Motion M. I support the amendments in lieu, Amendments 105B and 105C. I would like to thank the Ministers; I know that the noble Lord, Lord Collins, is here speaking

My Lords, I pick up on one issue that the Minister mentioned in her opening speech. To paraphrase, she said, “If, after consultation, there is a decision to act”. I hope that she is getting the sense

My Lords, when I spoke on this Bill at Second Reading—which seems a million months ago, but perhaps it is not quite that long—I said that I was not convinced about having a ban on phones in schools. I

I take the Minister’s point. I understand what she is saying and I know that schools will want to follow statutory guidance. But we have heard the example of the defibrillator rollout: the department