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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 November 2025

Debate

Teachers: Music, Drama, Art and Design, and Dance

Contribution

I am sure that the noble Lord’s wife is doing an enormously important job in developing an interest in harping in the pupils whom she teaches. We need to ensure that we have qualified teachers with access to the support for their specialisms—which, for example, the Government aim to provide through the new national centre for arts and music education—to ensure that all children, not just fortunate children, have the opportunity to benefit from arts and music. That is what this Government are putting in place.

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