“…Indeed, only two weeks ago, one of our support staff saved the life of one of our children, who had a cardiac arrest on a playing field when playing away. The local defibrillator had broken and he kept the child alive for 20 minutes. I am looking at this whole Bill more widely.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers95th of 2968.0
- Learning disability & autism594th of 9054.0
- Heart disease & stroke332nd of 4072.0
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What they’ve said
“…For example, kinship carers who care for children under special guardianship orders or child arrangement orders are not automatically entitled to the same financial support as foster carers.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ing school place that is reasonably accessible to the child’s home, but more importantly to the foster carer or kinship carer, then that is what matters. But I take onboard what the noble Lord said. In her summing-up of Amendment 82, the Minister spoke about stability of setting, and she was very right.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Kinship carers are unsung heroes, without whom it would be almost inevitable that the care system would buckle. For most of Part 1 of the Bill, I have taken a back seat as I do not have direct expertise in the many complex areas that it seeks to tackle.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-06-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The additional and perhaps even more important advantage is that it takes pressure off the kinship carers, as the intensity of their role is reduced. Common sense would suggest that this route would make it a much less daunting task.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Evans for securing this debate, and I note my interest in the register. I am pleased to speak today, but of course hanging over us is the Damoclean sword of the schools Bill.”
Free Schools and Academies · 2025-01-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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