To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for recent changes in the number of (a) educational psychologists, (b) NHS psychiatrists and (c) school nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for recent changes in the number of (a) educational psychologists, (b) NHS psychiatrists and (c) school nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's proposals on page 4 of its Green Paper on children and young people's mental health, published on 4 December 2017, which government Department will have responsibility for allocating funds in relation to proposed Mental Health Support Teams...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's proposals on page 4 of its Green Paper on children and young people's mental health, published on 4 December 2017, which government Department will have responsibility for allocating funds in relation to proposed Mental Health Support Teams...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with devolved authorities about Department of Health guidance on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with devolved authorities about Department of Health guidance on the use of adrenaline auto-injectors in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of mental health services that have opened in schools and non-health settings since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of mental health services that have opened in schools and non-health settings since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proposed ratio is between Mental Health Support Teams and schools and colleges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the proposed ratio is between Mental Health Support Teams and schools and colleges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to the Department for Education on the development of policies in schools to support pupils with Type 1 diabetes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has given to the Department for Education on the development of policies in schools to support pupils with Type 1 diabetes.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on schools budgets and those of NHS Trusts and commissioning bodies of their proposals for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on schools budgets and those of NHS Trusts and commissioning bodies of their proposals for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on mental health workforce requirements of their proposals for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on mental health workforce requirements of their proposals for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, assessment he has made of trends in the level of children with Type 1 diabetes who experience a serious medial episode in a school environment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, assessment he has made of trends in the level of children with Type 1 diabetes who experience a serious medial episode in a school environment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason school nurses are not permitted to pass on the names of children who they assess to be obese to their GPs; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason school nurses are not permitted to pass on the names of children who they assess to be obese to their GPs; and if she will make a statement.

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement:

Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper” (Cm9523). The Green Paper forms...

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement:

Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper” (Cm9523). The Green Paper forms...

Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper” (Cm9523). The Green Paper forms part of the Government’s work to transform mental health support, ending what the Prime Minister...

Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper” (Cm9523). The Green Paper forms part of the Government’s work to transform mental health support, ending what the Prime Minister...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on which schools have adrenaline auto-injectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on which schools have adrenaline auto-injectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has established a target date for all schools to have a single point of contact with NHS CAMHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has established a target date for all schools to have a single point of contact with NHS CAMHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to expand the number of health visitors and school nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to expand the number of health visitors and school nurses.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools have received mental health first aid training.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools have received mental health first aid training.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising school nurses there were in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practising school nurses there were in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans for further education establishments to be part of the (a) CAMHS mental health and school link pilot, (b) mental health first aid training roll-out and (c) randomised control trial assessing the effectiveness of school-based mental health provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans for further education establishments to be part of the (a) CAMHS mental health and school link pilot, (b) mental health first aid training roll-out and (c) randomised control trial assessing the effectiveness of school-based mental health provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on including proposals for the better integration of child and adolescent mental health services with schools, in the proposed Green Paper on children and young people's mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on including proposals for the better integration of child and adolescent mental health services with schools, in the proposed Green Paper on children and young people's mental health.

My Lords, the gracious Speech raises more questions than it answers as far as the NHS and social care are concerned. These questions relate to funding and workforce issues but also to the modernisation of professional regulation and mental health services. I will focus on these issues.

First, on funding, £124...

My Lords, the gracious Speech raises more questions than it answers as far as the NHS and social care are concerned. These questions relate to funding and workforce issues but also to the modernisation of professional regulation and mental health services. I will focus on these issues.

First, on funding, £124...

My Lords, I refer to my various interests in the register. Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Warner, I begin with mental health. As I think others in this Chamber did, I worked on pre-legislative scrutiny of the last set of changes to mental health legislation, before the Bill...

My Lords, I refer to my various interests in the register. Following on from the noble Lord, Lord Warner, I begin with mental health. As I think others in this Chamber did, I worked on pre-legislative scrutiny of the last set of changes to mental health legislation, before the Bill...

My Lords, in the 20 years that I have been in your Lordships’ House I have spoken in and led many debates on social care. Each time my hopes were raised by the interest in the subject, and subsequently dashed because no real change came about. But the last time...

My Lords, in the 20 years that I have been in your Lordships’ House I have spoken in and led many debates on social care. Each time my hopes were raised by the interest in the subject, and subsequently dashed because no real change came about. But the last time...

My Lords, I would like my response to the gracious Speech to focus on children. As I always say, childhood lasts a lifetime and everything we do affects children. So my mission in life is to create a better world for children, and I believe that the issues I will...

My Lords, I would like my response to the gracious Speech to focus on children. As I always say, childhood lasts a lifetime and everything we do affects children. So my mission in life is to create a better world for children, and I believe that the issues I will...

My Lords, it is pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, especially as, unlike some of her colleagues, she has not pre-empted many of my own remarks.

I shall focus on skills and the creative industries. The success of Brexit will depend on the competitiveness of UK business in global...

My Lords, it is pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin, especially as, unlike some of her colleagues, she has not pre-empted many of my own remarks.

I shall focus on skills and the creative industries. The success of Brexit will depend on the competitiveness of UK business in global...

When I was anticipating speaking in this debate, I was expecting to talk about the creation of grammar schools, as many other people were who have an interest in education, and I was relieved but also slightly annoyed that it had not got in, because I thought it would be...

When I was anticipating speaking in this debate, I was expecting to talk about the creation of grammar schools, as many other people were who have an interest in education, and I was relieved but also slightly annoyed that it had not got in, because I thought it would be...

My Lords, I intend to focus my remarks on an important subject that transcends the policy areas covered by today’s debate: disability equality. Some noble Lords may have heard that I have a new status since last we met: I have been abolished. For noble Lords who missed the piece...

My Lords, I intend to focus my remarks on an important subject that transcends the policy areas covered by today’s debate: disability equality. Some noble Lords may have heard that I have a new status since last we met: I have been abolished. For noble Lords who missed the piece...

My Lords, I want to speak up for public servants. I question whether we have the capacity in public services to sustain the enormous workload that is ahead of them and to carry out the heavy responsibility that is expected of them. The gracious Speech makes it clear that public...

My Lords, I want to speak up for public servants. I question whether we have the capacity in public services to sustain the enormous workload that is ahead of them and to carry out the heavy responsibility that is expected of them. The gracious Speech makes it clear that public...

My Lords, as the Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson, I would usually have spoken in response to the Queen’s Speech last week. However, I have a social care issue of which I have given the Minister prior warning and would be grateful for a response, so I am speaking now and...

My Lords, as the Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson, I would usually have spoken in response to the Queen’s Speech last week. However, I have a social care issue of which I have given the Minister prior warning and would be grateful for a response, so I am speaking now and...

My Lords, before I commence, I should draw attention to my registered interests and remind the House that I am a mental health nurse and a lifelong member of the Royal College of Nursing.

I have welcomed in this House initiatives to widen participation in healthcare higher education, such as higher...

My Lords, before I commence, I should draw attention to my registered interests and remind the House that I am a mental health nurse and a lifelong member of the Royal College of Nursing.

I have welcomed in this House initiatives to widen participation in healthcare higher education, such as higher...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my long register of interests, most particularly my connection with Pinewood film studios and my position as a trustee of the Science Museum Group.

I make no apologies for introducing a note of optimism into what has been a somewhat depressing debate with...

My Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my long register of interests, most particularly my connection with Pinewood film studios and my position as a trustee of the Science Museum Group.

I make no apologies for introducing a note of optimism into what has been a somewhat depressing debate with...

My Lords, I welcome some of what the Minister said about education and skills, which are the areas on which I wish to focus. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Sherlock, who is no longer in her place, on her outstanding contribution. She covered the waterfront, and I do not...

My Lords, I welcome some of what the Minister said about education and skills, which are the areas on which I wish to focus. I congratulate my noble friend Lady Sherlock, who is no longer in her place, on her outstanding contribution. She covered the waterfront, and I do not...

My Lords, in the recent general election we heard quite a lot about the cost of trying to sustain our health and social care systems, but too little about action to make people healthier. The gracious Speech did not provide much hope that the new Government recognise that this is...

My Lords, in the recent general election we heard quite a lot about the cost of trying to sustain our health and social care systems, but too little about action to make people healthier. The gracious Speech did not provide much hope that the new Government recognise that this is...

My Lords, I rise along with many of my colleagues to talk about education. I should declare my interests as the chancellor of BPP University, a member of the Parkside Federation Multi-Academy Trust and a governor of University Technical College in Cambridge.

Something that went unmentioned in the recent higher education...

My Lords, I rise along with many of my colleagues to talk about education. I should declare my interests as the chancellor of BPP University, a member of the Parkside Federation Multi-Academy Trust and a governor of University Technical College in Cambridge.

Something that went unmentioned in the recent higher education...

My Lords, I shall talk about the arts, including arts education, and want to say a few words also about Europe.

Our debate in Grand Committee on 30 March on local arts services forcefully demonstrated that the day-to-day funding of arts organisations across the country is the most pressing concern. I...

My Lords, I shall talk about the arts, including arts education, and want to say a few words also about Europe.

Our debate in Grand Committee on 30 March on local arts services forcefully demonstrated that the day-to-day funding of arts organisations across the country is the most pressing concern. I...

My Lords, at this late hour in the debate I briefly bring to your notice a specific issue which has arisen in the GP sector of the NHS in England. The GP settlement of 2006, a far-reaching measure by the party opposite, introduced two categories of general practice: the General...

My Lords, at this late hour in the debate I briefly bring to your notice a specific issue which has arisen in the GP sector of the NHS in England. The GP settlement of 2006, a far-reaching measure by the party opposite, introduced two categories of general practice: the General...

My Lords, as the Minister announced at the start of the debate, we have a Financial Guidance and Claims Bill on which we commence our parliamentary scrutiny next week. Without pre-empting that process, I will use my brief time to talk to some issues surrounding or arising from that legislation.

The...

My Lords, as the Minister announced at the start of the debate, we have a Financial Guidance and Claims Bill on which we commence our parliamentary scrutiny next week. Without pre-empting that process, I will use my brief time to talk to some issues surrounding or arising from that legislation.

The...

My Lords, in my contribution to the humble Address to the gracious Speech I will focus on health and social care, mainly the latter, and some of the overlapping and invisible problems facing the most vulnerable.

There was much debate during the general election about the funding of our NHS. The...

My Lords, in my contribution to the humble Address to the gracious Speech I will focus on health and social care, mainly the latter, and some of the overlapping and invisible problems facing the most vulnerable.

There was much debate during the general election about the funding of our NHS. The...

My Lords, I wish to restrict my remarks on the gracious Speech to health. I welcome the new patient protection Bill and the focus on mental health, but in both the Government are not going far enough in driving a quality agenda into the NHS, and do not seem to...

My Lords, I wish to restrict my remarks on the gracious Speech to health. I welcome the new patient protection Bill and the focus on mental health, but in both the Government are not going far enough in driving a quality agenda into the NHS, and do not seem to...

My Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. The gracious Speech confirms that the Government,

“will strengthen the economy so that it supports the creation of jobs and generates the tax revenues needed to invest in the National Health Service, schools and other public services”.

I, like many others, wholeheartedly support...

My Lords, I draw attention to my registered interests. The gracious Speech confirms that the Government,

“will strengthen the economy so that it supports the creation of jobs and generates the tax revenues needed to invest in the National Health Service, schools and other public services”.

I, like many others, wholeheartedly support...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate with powerful contributions from many noble Lords. It was admirably kicked off by the passionate speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, on poverty, public services and a fair welfare state.

Noble Lords have heard from 10 of my colleagues on these Benches...

My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate with powerful contributions from many noble Lords. It was admirably kicked off by the passionate speech from the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, on poverty, public services and a fair welfare state.

Noble Lords have heard from 10 of my colleagues on these Benches...

My Lords, as we have covered so many subjects, I remind noble Lords of my interests in the register, specifically as a self-employed consultant, president of GS1 and trustee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists—and my wife is a consultant with the Education and Training Foundation.

We come to an end...

My Lords, as we have covered so many subjects, I remind noble Lords of my interests in the register, specifically as a self-employed consultant, president of GS1 and trustee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists—and my wife is a consultant with the Education and Training Foundation.

We come to an end...

My Lords, in the spirit in which the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, started his speech, I, too, make declarations, not only of my position as a trustee of academy trust Floreat Education, which I set up, but, given that he has brought his family into it, that my wife is...

My Lords, in the spirit in which the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, started his speech, I, too, make declarations, not only of my position as a trustee of academy trust Floreat Education, which I set up, but, given that he has brought his family into it, that my wife is...

It is our intention that Channel 4 should move out of London to provide that stimulation to regional creative industries.

The noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, asked whether we would set up a licence fee committee. I shall have to disappoint her on that front.

There were a number of questions about the...

It is our intention that Channel 4 should move out of London to provide that stimulation to regional creative industries.

The noble Baroness, Lady Bonham-Carter, asked whether we would set up a licence fee committee. I shall have to disappoint her on that front.

There were a number of questions about the...

My Lords, when we refer to staff shortages, a crisis in funding, creeping privatisation and a lack of morale among the staff are we talking about the NHS or our schools? Sadly, it is both. My noble friends Lady Walmsley and Lady Brinton will focus on health and social care....

My Lords, when we refer to staff shortages, a crisis in funding, creeping privatisation and a lack of morale among the staff are we talking about the NHS or our schools? Sadly, it is both. My noble friends Lady Walmsley and Lady Brinton will focus on health and social care....

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey, with his typically thought-provoking points on this important set of policy areas. I remind the House that I was a member of your Lordships’ Social Mobility Select Committee, and will today restrict my remarks to areas related...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey, with his typically thought-provoking points on this important set of policy areas. I remind the House that I was a member of your Lordships’ Social Mobility Select Committee, and will today restrict my remarks to areas related...

My Lords, like many in this House, I am sure, the events of the past few weeks have been very much on my heart and in my prayers, and in the aftermath of the terror attacks in London and Manchester, it is unsurprising that the Government have placed such an...

My Lords, like many in this House, I am sure, the events of the past few weeks have been very much on my heart and in my prayers, and in the aftermath of the terror attacks in London and Manchester, it is unsurprising that the Government have placed such an...

My Lords, it is always a privilege to speak in your Lordships’ House. Today, I want to discuss one of the big social divides exposed by Brexit and all the other major political events of the past year. That is in education. In the EU referendum, the difference between the...

My Lords, it is always a privilege to speak in your Lordships’ House. Today, I want to discuss one of the big social divides exposed by Brexit and all the other major political events of the past year. That is in education. In the EU referendum, the difference between the...

My Lords, as has already been noted, the gracious Speech does not say much on the subject of education. It says:

“My Government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded”.

It goes on to say:

“My...

My Lords, as has already been noted, the gracious Speech does not say much on the subject of education. It says:

“My Government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded”.

It goes on to say:

“My...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Hudnall. Her speeches are always wise and repay careful study. This is my 34th Queen’s Speech—and they do not get better as they go on.

I listened carefully to the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Hudnall. Her speeches are always wise and repay careful study. This is my 34th Queen’s Speech—and they do not get better as they go on.

I listened carefully to the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell...

My Lords, the devastating episodes of the killing of Jo Cox MP and PC Keith Palmer, the deaths and injuries of innocent people on Westminster Bridge, the tragic bombing of the arena in Manchester, the horrific knife attacks at London Bridge and Borough Market, the disastrous inferno in Kensington and...

My Lords, the devastating episodes of the killing of Jo Cox MP and PC Keith Palmer, the deaths and injuries of innocent people on Westminster Bridge, the tragic bombing of the arena in Manchester, the horrific knife attacks at London Bridge and Borough Market, the disastrous inferno in Kensington and...

I start by declaring that my interests are in the Lords register and saying what a pleasure it is to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham. In the gracious Speech, I was delighted to see that the Government are determined to address mental health. Fifteen months ago, I was commissioned...

I start by declaring that my interests are in the Lords register and saying what a pleasure it is to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Masham. In the gracious Speech, I was delighted to see that the Government are determined to address mental health. Fifteen months ago, I was commissioned...