Baroness Barran
The Baroness Barran MBE
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 20 June 2018
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Young Futures Hubs
23/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, can the Minister say a word about the role of the voluntary sector in these hubs? Often those are the organisations most trusted by young pe...
Employment Rights Bill
20/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this short but important debate. My noble friend Lord Agnew, the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, and t...
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
08/07/2025 • Lords
To be clear, I also completely disagree with that, which is why I went on to say that I had worked with excellent Ministers, and we have excellent Min...
My Lords, I too was happy to put my name to the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord True, and agree with the points that my noble friends ha...
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life
06/07/2025 • Lords
I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement made by her right honourable friend earlier today. Of course, we welcome the Government’s focus on ea...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am so sorry to intervene on my noble friend again but, having introduced the group, he had a chance to make the points he needs to make. I...
My Lords, all the amendments in this group in the name of my noble friend Lord Wei seek to find exemptions to the basic principle that there should be...
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for the clarity she brought with her earlier remarks. She set out the objectives of the Government and her commit...
Just to be clear on this, I heard the Minister say that, in the case of cadets, where wearing a uniform is required and it is given for free, the Gove...
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School Libraries
29/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as the Minister said, this survey was based on a very small number—under 100—of our 22,500 schools, so she is right to be cautious about the...
Independent Schools: Tax Changes
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister has twice said that the Government are focused on investing in the 93% of children who go to state schools, but on 11 June the ...
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will speak to this amendment, which was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Carlile. I thought, from the original groupings, that we were also ...
As drafted, the amendment explicitly suggests what my noble friend referred to. Proposed new subsection (2)(b) says that the strategy must set out
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
18/06/2025 • Lords
The noble Baroness makes a very helpful point, and I absolutely agree with it.
Obviously, I respect their opinions, but there is plenty of evidence—and the noble Baroness will know this in other contexts, not necessarily about ch...
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