Education Bill

I am glad that I anticipated my hon. Friend's point. Foresight is not essential for a Minister, but it is a great advantage, particularly when it can be displayed on the Floor of the House of Commons. My hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Neil Carmichael) mentioned growth and others have talked about progression, so in dealing with the remark made by the hon. Member for Liverpool, West Derby about happiness, I wish to draw his attention to Yeats. I know that the hon. Member for Cardiff West (Kevin Brennan), the shadow Minister sitting next to him, is a fan of Yeats. Lord Layard did such good work on this particular amendment, so I shall cite the following from Yeats:"““Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.””" When apprenticeships are growing, I am particularly happy because it is testament to the success of our policies.