Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

My Lords, briefly, I will come back to Amendments 156, 157 and 158. I strongly support what the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, said. The YPLA is an entirely inappropriate body to have the power of direction. It is doubly inappropriate because it would be an unelected body giving directions to elected bodies. Since it would not issue a direction unless it had a memorandum from the Secretary of State saying that it was all right to do so, I do not think you should send the boy in to do the man’s job. If this amendment were brought to a vote, I would support the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, with great enthusiasm.