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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)We are working on the basis that there will be a defined area for each one, but we will be mindful of the fact that in some areas the geography does not neatly fit reality. That…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 1, page 3, line 10, after “any” insert “English-funded”. This amendment limits the post-16 technical education or training about which a…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Officials in my Department have engaged closely with counterparts in the Welsh Government, and we believe that we have reached a satisfactory position from a devolution…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)As I made clear in my remarks, it depends on whether provision is English-funded; that is, whether the money comes from England. That is how we explain the jurisdiction. Amendment…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)It will be a great pleasure for everyone to hear that after three and a quarter hours of debate, we have nearly completed clause 1 of our 39-clause Bill. I will try not to detain…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I rise to speak to amendments 35 to 37, 42, 45 and 46. Amendment 36 would require designated employer representative bodies to be reasonably representative of a broad range of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)All eight trailblazers were chambers of commerce. However, I believe there were expressions of interest and applications from others. For the record, we are not saying that this…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 1, page 2, line 21, leave out “subsection (6)” and insert “subsections (6) and (6A)”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 5.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller? I have no doubt that you will guide us, chivvy us and harry us through the six sittings ahead of us.…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (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 (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 (First sitting)With that in mind, and in answer to the point made by the hon. Member for Chesterfield on the impact of Government amendment 4 on clause 6, there is no friction at all between…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)Thank you, Mrs Miller, and with your prompting I will refer to one more point.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 2021