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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms), relates to access to sharia-compliant…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause was tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). It would introduce a national review…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Those of us who have been on the Committee in the last week or so may well have been wondering what the next episode in the life story of my hon. Friend the Member for Denton and…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)On a point of order, Mrs Miller. On behalf of all my colleagues here, I add my thanks to you and Mr Efford for the work that you have both done and for your support through this…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)There is a real concern about the number of apprenticeships that are available for people between the ages of 16 and 24. The Minister makes an important point, which I would not…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 61, in clause 27, page 33, line 19, at end insert— “(2C) Before applying to a court for an education administration order in relation to a further…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)I listened carefully to the Minister. As I said at the outset, this is a probing amendment to identify the extent to which the interests of learners are considered within…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)Within my intention not to push the amendment to a vote, I would like to give way.07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Sixth sitting)It absolutely can. Cases such as that impact not only the learners affected at that very moment, but on the provision for the next generations coming through. It has a very…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSelf-employed People: Covid-19 Support Schemes6. What recent assessment he has made of the availability of (a) mortgages and (b) credit for self-employed people who utilised the Government’s covid-19 support schemes.07 Dec 2021HANSARDSelf-employed People: Covid-19 Support SchemesI take the Minister’s point and I agree with what he is saying, but that is not the reality of what people are finding in my constituency. Business owners as diverse as a music…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 50, page 22, line 6, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State must also prepare and publish a review of student maintenance entitlements.” This…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)A very well made point, Mrs Miller. I accept that what the hon. Gentleman describes may be true on some occasions. However, the way in which the Bill is drafted and the very fact…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I absolutely do agree. Under the original drafting of the clause it was clear that to access universal credit people had to be on an approved course that took them towards the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I am fiercely conscious of that point, Mrs Miller. I take the restriction that has been issued by the Chair, but would say briefly that there is real value in the hon. Gentleman’s…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. That is precisely the value of this provision. It makes this not the responsibility of the special needs co-ordinator—who, if they get…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)I rise to oppose Government amendment 23, and to discuss new clause 2, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle. I believe that clause 19 is an…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)Apprenticeships are a one-year course. Many people might be on an apprenticeship and on universal credit. I have had the opportunity to see many courses that people are not on for…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is vital that the cross-party support in the House of Lords on ensuring that those in receipt of universal credit are not penalised for undergoing level 3 training is upheld in…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fifth sitting)It is regrettable that the Government will seek to remove clause 18 from the Bill. It was introduced by the Lords for entirely the right reasons. On many occasions we have all…07 Dec 2021