Baroness Spielman

My Lords, I apologise for being a minute or two late arriving in the Chamber. I support Amendments 196 to 199 proposed, respectively, by the noble Lor...

My Lords, I want to express some concerns about Amendment 183CD. Its intentions are clearly excellent, but there are nevertheless some real concerns t...

I was hoping to speak to this amendment.

My Lords, I would like to speak to Amendments 119 to 124 very briefly. We have touched on some very important points, and there is something that stil...

I shall speak to several amendments—to Amendment 170, on a capacity plan, and to Amendment 134B, on planning. I declare my interest as a former Ofsted...

My Lords, I support Amendments 134, 143 and 178. Fostering is critical to the provision of good care for all children who need it, and it is a really ...

My Lords, I speak to oppose Amendment 69AB, well-intentioned though it clearly is. I have several levels of concerns about the imposition of yet anoth...

My Lords, Amendment 69 would make provision for a common open data standard for those with responsibilities for individual children. I will start with...

My Lords, for several reasons I support Amendment 37 from my noble friend Lady Barran. She and others have spoken about the enormous amount of change ...

My Lords, I support the amendments proposed by my noble friend Lady Barran. These proposals are clearly well intentioned but there