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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Miller. As my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle was saying, it is great to be in a room that…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)I knew it was Warrington. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments—I worked in the industry for many years myself. Businesses have an important part to play as consultees, but…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)I agree with my hon. Friend, and I think many hon. Members, including the hon. Member for Mansfield, will be disappointed about that. It is really important that the Government…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)That is a good illustration of just how complicated these matters can be. I hope that there will be greater clarity on how the measures will work in future. We have heard from…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Warrington—30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)rose —30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend is making some very important points. On the face of it, it would seem that the Government seek to make local employers’ organisations ultimately responsible for…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)It is generous of my hon. Friend to give way. She was in full flow and I did not want to interrupt her. In response to her point, it is fine to consult and get the views of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)What is concerning about these amendments is the direction of travel. What is it that the Government are trying to achieve by removing these Lords amendments, because they seem to…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)My hon. Friend is making a powerful point, and I would like to draw him further on it. I accept and respect what the Government are doing with some of the allocations of moneys to…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)If I may make one final point to address my hon. Friend’s own point, universities and higher education providers across the country are working well—some extremely well—in…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)To give one simple example, and to be fair to the Government, the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre was developed through a university working with a local authority and a…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Miller. As my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle was saying, it is great to be in a room that…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)Back in the mid-2000s, did not the Labour Government, who predated my time here, introduce national skills academies? The whole point of them was to develop skills across the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I agree with my hon. Friend, and I think many hon. Members, including the hon. Member for Mansfield, will be disappointed about that. It is really important that the Government…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)That is a good illustration of just how complicated these matters can be. I hope that there will be greater clarity on how the measures will work in future. We have heard from…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I knew it was Warrington. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments—I worked in the industry for many years myself. Businesses have an important part to play as consultees, but…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Warrington—30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is generous of my hon. Friend to give way. She was in full flow and I did not want to interrupt her. In response to her point, it is fine to consult and get the views of…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)My hon. Friend is making some very important points. On the face of it, it would seem that the Government seek to make local employers’ organisations ultimately responsible for…30 Nov 2021