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HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)My hon. Friend puts it very well. Amendment 41 asks the Secretary of State to publish guidance relating to implementation, subject to consultation with the metro Mayor or relevant…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)The Minister talks about speaking to local enterprise partnerships, but he must see the point that this is precisely the kind of role that was envisaged for local enterprise…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Will the Minister also clarify this? Is it possible that an area could be in two different local skills improvement plans? For example, Chesterfield was originally part of both…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)We have heard the Minister’s response on those issues. Amendments 33 and 38 to 40 were probing amendments through which we sought to understand the role of the different…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)It is the boundaries nightmare all over again. The Minister will have heard my hon. Friend’s question, and I am sure that he and his officers will think carefully on it. Again, we…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I do not intend to detain the Committee for long. The only question I wanted clarification on, given the conversation we have just had about areas, is about what thought had been…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I regret that the clause will leave this Committee in less good shape than when it arrived. The amendments agreed by the House of Lords were entirely sensible. They had…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 2, page 3, line 22, after “the” and before “employers” insert “public and private sector”. This amendment would specify that employers…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I regret that the clause will leave this Committee in less good shape than when it arrived. The amendments agreed by the House of Lords were entirely sensible. They had…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)I do not intend to detain the Committee for long. The only question I wanted clarification on, given the conversation we have just had about areas, is about what thought had been…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)It is the boundaries nightmare all over again. The Minister will have heard my hon. Friend’s question, and I am sure that he and his officers will think carefully on it. Again, we…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I encourage my hon. Friend to expand on that point, because he is absolutely right. It is remarkable that the Government have been forced to introduce Government amendment 5,…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 2, page 3, line 22, after “the” and before “employers” insert “public and private sector”. This amendment would specify that employers…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I would like to take a moment at the start of these proceedings to talk about the importance of the Bill and…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)We appear to have raced on to clause 2. Amendment 35 is important, because so much of the Government’s narrative makes it clear that when they talk about employers, they really…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I would like to take a moment at the start of these proceedings to talk about the importance of the Bill and…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)That is a really important point. In some cases, chambers of commerce and branches of the Federation of Small Businesses have constructive relationships; in other areas the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s response. I remain of the view that public and private sector employers should feature in the Bill, so I will press amendment 37, which spells out…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)Those are all important questions. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. There are significant warnings to employer representative bodies in the Bill about failing to satisfy the…30 Nov 2021HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill (Second sitting)To clarify, how many of the trailblazer organisations were not chambers of commerce?30 Nov 2021