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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)It is part of that long day you were talking about, Mr Efford. The purpose of the clause is to ensure that whatever information the institute and Ofqual want to share with each…02 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It has been another lively and interesting debate on this group of amendments. The Government want to build an employer-led system, but the statutory guidance—yes, statutory…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)What an interesting debate to start off the Committee stage of the Bill. There are so many comments to come back to. As a general observation, it was very nice to hear the hon.…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I believe I am right in saying that the amendment keeps clause 1(6)(a).30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)In the amendment, subsections (6)(b) and (6)(c) will not stand part of the Bill.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)That is very kind, Mrs Miller. I will seek absolute clarity on this point, but my understanding is that the Secretary of State will still have to have regard to section 1 of the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)That point is well made, and I very much hope to visit Warrington in the near future and see that good work.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)To bring a bit of clarification to proceedings, the hon. Gentleman is quite right. Contrary to some of the messages that Opposition Members gave earlier, we are keeping all of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 6, in clause 1, page 2, line 35, leave out from “body” to “for” in line 37. The effect of this amendment is that a local skills improvement plan will be a…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)The amendments strip back some of the detail in clause 1(7), which can be better dealt with in statutory guidance. As well as engaging a wide range of employers, a designated…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We are expecting ERBs to draw up local skills improvement plans that take account of the economic area that they represent, which should absolutely include small and medium-sized…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I rise to speak to amendments 1, 2 and 3 tabled by the hon. Member for Rotherham, amendments 27 and 28 tabled by the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. That is absolutely right; something I will come on to in a moment is that when we help young people with special educational needs…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Obviously, we are very keen to reduce the disability employment gap, and we are always mindful of ways in which we can achieve that. I am sure that it will be in the Secretary of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)On supported internships, I was very interested to hear about what the hon. Gentleman has seen going on in his constituency. I assure him that we are continuing to work to improve…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. The Government are also developing an adjustments passport that aims to smooth the transition into employment and support…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)As I said in the previous sitting, statutory guidance is a powerful tool. If employer representative bodies do not adhere to statutory guidance, they may lose their designation.…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I rise to speak to amendments 33, 38 to 41, and 44. I will start with amendments 33 and 38 in the names of the hon. Members for Chesterfield and for Warwick and Leamington.…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am horrified to hear the hon. Lady’s attitude to statutory guidance. Our intention will be set out in statutory guidance, so that local skills improvement plans will be informed…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)We have been clear that we want to have an approach that is completely employer-led. Local enterprise partnerships, which have much to recommend them, are partially informed by…30 Nov 2021