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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)From a sedentary position, the hon. Lady says that it is a brand. It is not a brand; it is a qualification. I took BTEC qualifications when they were managed by the Business and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDIsraeli-Palestinian Peace Fund and Designation of OrganisationsOn the creation of an international fund for Israeli and Palestinian peace, the Government have previously said that they have not yet committed to join the fund because the US…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, but it is more than that; we also need to ensure that the strategy works for the entire area. However we define the geographical area,…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman’s bit of Warrington is in Cheshire or Lancashire based on the old boundaries.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I know it is probably an unpopular thing to say of her neck of the woods, but I think the hon. Lady has just made the case for Humberside.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Things get a little bit messy. I was nervous when my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington mentioned health trusts, because my own health trust, Tameside and Glossop,…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Absolutely, and the same is true even at the level below that, within a city region. I can speak with experience about my own city region, where there are divergent trends between…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I echo what my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington said about amendment 39, particularly the need for a…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I will give way in a second.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Boundaries matter. I say that as a patron of the Friends of Real Lancashire. Coming back to amendment 40, the cleaner these boundaries can be, the better. I get that local…30 Nov 2021HANSARDIsraeli-Palestinian Peace Fund and Designation of Organisations18. If she will take steps to support the creation of an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)My hon. Friend is right. There has to be a fair arbitration process as well, because it may well be that the chamber of commerce does not agree that it is failing, in which case…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I rise briefly to support the amendments. The nub of what my hon. Friend has set out to the Committee could easily have been resolved in our earlier deliberations, when the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Absolutely; my hon. Friend could not have put it better. The views of residents matter as well because, as we know, although public bodies, local authorities, LEPs and chambers of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)The hon. Gentleman has made a great case for north-west regional devolution in that case. I get what he says, but if Greater Manchester is to have a strategy, the Greater…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, but it is more than that; we also need to ensure that the strategy works for the entire area. However we define the geographical area,…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)Boundaries matter. I say that as a patron of the Friends of Real Lancashire. Coming back to amendment 40, the cleaner these boundaries can be, the better. I get that local…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman’s bit of Warrington is in Cheshire or Lancashire based on the old boundaries.30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Absolutely; my hon. Friend could not have put it better. The views of residents matter as well because, as we know, although public bodies, local authorities, LEPs and chambers of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I rise briefly to support the amendments. The nub of what my hon. Friend has set out to the Committee could easily have been resolved in our earlier deliberations, when the…30 Nov 2021