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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (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 ] (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 [ Lords ] (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 [ Lords ] (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 [ Lords ] (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 2021HANSARDEducationThe hon. Member for Birmingham, Hall Green (Tahir Ali) spoke—I refer to him because my father-in-law was from Birmingham, Hall Green— powerfully and movingly about his experience…19 Nov 2021HANSARDEducationWe want the skills system to become more responsive to the needs and knowledge of employers, creating dialogue between skills providers and industry. That is why the Bill…19 Nov 2021HANSARDEducationWe want the skills system to become more responsive to the needs and knowledge of employers, creating dialogue between skills providers and industry. That is why the Bill…19 Nov 2021HANSARDEducationI have no doubt that he and his son would have been able to do a T-level in engineering, flourished through it and been able to enjoy some of the great advantages I have seen when…19 Nov 2021HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]As someone who has spent the majority of his life in education or education policy, it is a real honour to be presenting this Bill on Second Reading. The Bill forms a cornerstone…15 Nov 2021HANSARD Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]Rewriting history yet again: everybody knows that the last Labour Government left the economy of this country in the gutter and it required a Conservative Government to pick it up…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPost-16 Education: Capital FundingToday I am announcing details of the Government’s capital investment of £83 million in 2021-22 to help eligible post-16 education providers [1] accommodate the expected…09 Nov 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsI can confirm, following what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said, that we are not planning to remove funding from all BTECs. We will continue to fund high-quality…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. She is a powerful advocate for the people of Liverpool. I would, respectfully, draw her attention to page 13 of the “Government…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsI thank the hon. Lady for her question; it is nice to have two questions from Liverpool back to back. I must tell the House that we are undertaking an historic reform of technical…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBTEC QualificationsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his belated welcome. We just had a historic spending review for skills in this country, with £2.8 billion of capital for skills, including money to…01 Nov 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in this, my first Bill Committee as a Minister, Mr Davies. I hope it is not my last. I must congratulate my hon. Friend the…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. I know that we will not always agree as we stand opposite each other, but I know that he cares deeply about the prospects for…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillI could not have put it better myself. It is very important that everyone in state education, particularly young people with the most disadvantaged starts in life, has these…27 Oct 2021HANSARDEducation (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillWe are in constant contact with our colleagues in Wales, but I am as yet unaware of whether they have similar plans. I am happy to write to my hon. Friend if I discover that they…27 Oct 2021