Lord Watts (Lab)

My Lords, has my noble friend the Minister seen the drama “Patience”, which traces the actions of a young woman with autism? It demonstrates that you need to have special provision for such people but

My Lords, under the last Government, social mobility went backwards. Does the Minister agree that we have to reverse that policy if we are not to see the tragedy of lost talent?

My Lords, do we not need effective legislation and a regulator that will actually do the job? Which one is failing us—the regulator or the legislation?

My Lords, it is already the case that the serious assault of a child is illegal. What we are talking about is smacking children. Is there any evidence that, since that has been introduced into countri

My Lords, after all the death and destruction that we have seen, do we not appear to be back at the Biden deal, and the same negotiations that were going forward must now restart afresh?

My Lords, is it not the case that we need a closer relationship with Europe financially and on security issues, and that people who talk down that relationship are doing tremendous damage to the UK?