Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

The Minister said that this will not affect small, innovative producers. If someone were to start, say, an English GCSE from scratch as their first qualification, would that have to be priced at the same price as the main awarding bodies, or would the Minister expect Ofqual to allow that GCSE to have a higher price? In other words, are these caps to be individual to each awarding body and qualification or general for a qualification? Which regulator is the Minister drawing on in his comparisons? What set of powers and rules is he comparing Ofqual with? He mentioned Ofwat. That relates to a commodity where there is no competition. You have to get your water from the tap you have, and of course that requires careful price regulation, but where there is serious competition as, say, with buying broadband or something like that, I am not aware that the price is capped in any useful way. Which regulator forms the pattern that we are supposed to be following here?