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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with schools to (a) promote creativity and (b) make pupils aware of career opportunities in the arts and creative industries.

Asked by
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 March 2024
Reference
18926
House
House of Commons

Lords motion to take note of the role of schools in caring for the mental health and well-being of pupils, and assisting in their development as community and family members. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Answering member
Baroness Barran
Department
Department for Education
Type
Debates
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc760-798
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I begin by thanking the Library for the excellent briefing setting out the problem. A standout statistic in that briefing about the truly terrible state of the mental health of school pupils was that in November 2023 NHS Digital estimated that 20% of eight to 16 year-olds had...

Member
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc760-4
House
House of Lords

My Lords, all of us today appreciate that the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, managed to achieve this debate, which we all welcome hugely; I thank her. I do not consider anything that we talk about today to be party politics; it is much more important than that. My friend, the...

Member
Lord Sterling of Plaistow (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc764-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I too welcome the opportunity to have a debate on this important area. We are at the start of a very long journey in trying to find the appropriate answers.

I am not as pessimistic as the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, about the state of schools. I often find...

Member
Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc765-7
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for bringing this important debate before the House, and those who are speaking today.

Improving the mental health and well-being of our children in school is one of the most important issues, and all of us must work on it together. In...

Member
Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc767-9
House
House of Lords

My Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate and I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for focusing her seemingly inexhaustible energies on this important topic. It is a complex topic that invites multiple approaches. I intend to focus narrowly on one area, and, given...

Member
Baroness Bull (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc768-771
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I extend my gratitude to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for initiating this vital debate, and declare my interests as a parent of home-educated and state-educated children and as a board member of an organisation committed to providing private education.

We are at a critical juncture, where the mental...

Member
Lord Wei (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc771-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I join colleagues in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for securing this debate. It is important and helpful to discuss these matters.

Earlier this month, many organisations sought to raise the profile of children’s mental health during Children’s Mental Health Week. The charity Place2Be took the theme “My...

Member
Lord Touhig (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc773-5
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for sponsoring this debate on a matter of great importance for the future life of our nation, and for the challenging sensitivity to the issues that she laid out for us in her introduction.

Church of...

Member
Bishop of Chichester (Bishops (affiliation))
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc775-6
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I join the chorus of thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling this debate; I pay tribute to her boundless energy. I would love to have the opportunity to show her around the school where I teach as well, because we have a...

Member
Lord Hampton (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc776-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, on securing this debate. We have had a number of debates on children’s mental health in recent times, and the role of school always features, but today’s debate challenges us to think about the wider role of schools...

Member
Baroness Tyler of Enfield (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc778-780
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for tabling this important debate.

We have been presented with some alarming statistics. One in five eight to 16 year-olds has a probable mental disorder. There has been a 53% increase in the number of children in mental health...

Member
Earl of Effingham (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc780-2
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, for her stimulating and challenging speech introducing this interesting debate. I also thank the House Library and the several organisations that have provided most helpful briefings, all pointing, regrettably, to the increasing mental problems among children...

Member
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc782-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly in the gap. I had put this debate in my diary but failed to put down my name to speak—a schoolboy error for which I deserve extensive detention. I declare my interest as an adviser to Common Sense Media,...

Member
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc784-6
House
House of Lords

I too want to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for securing this important debate. The noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, will be pleased to know that Everton ward, one of the most deprived communities in Liverpool, is celebrating 10 years of In Harmony—I have been invited—and it has been life-changing...

Member
Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc786-8
House
House of Lords

My Lords, this has been a truly interesting and varied debate. I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, on

securing it. There can be nothing more important in a child’s development than ensuring that they have good mental and physical health, not least in what many noble...

Member
Baroness Twycross (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc787-9
House
House of Lords

He should change to being a primary teacher.

Member
Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 c789
House
House of Lords

He does not have to become a primary school teacher; he can carry on as he is.

The noble Earl, Lord Russell, mentioned the need for a whole-school approach, as did others, but what we really need is an understanding of how we get a better whole-system approach—I would welcome the...

Member
Baroness Twycross (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc789-791
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, on securing this important debate and thank all noble

Lords for their contributions. I feel a long letter coming on, so I will do my best to cover the points raised, but I feel pretty confident that I will not get...

Member
Baroness Barran (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 February 2024
Reference
836 cc790-6
House
House of Lords