Education Bill

I shall not speak for my noble friend any further. We are back in Whitehall farce territory. I apologise to my noble friend. The point made by the noble Lord, Lord Knight, about the bachelor of education is important, but the key point of the amendment is to make sure that that base-line graduate qualification plus postgraduate and continuing professional development means that we have an excellent teaching workforce, and I am grateful to the Minister for his response. Amendment 76ZB withdrawn. Clause 15 : Training the school workforce: powers of Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers Clause 15 : Training the school workforce: powers of Secretary of State and Welsh Ministers Amendment 76A not moved. Clause 15 agreed. Clause 16 agreed. Schedule 5 agreed. Clause 17 : Abolition of the TDA: transfer schemes Amendment 77 Clause 17 : Abolition of the TDA: transfer schemes Amendment 77 Tabled by