Technical and Further Education Bill

Mr Speaker, may I, on behalf of everybody in the Chamber, wish you, the Deputy Speakers—one of th...

A whole meal.

Possibly a full meal, for those of a vegetarian instinct.

My hon. Friend and I, and indeed other Members, tabled a number of amendments in Committee that t...

I am always slightly disappointed when intimations of progress in Committee are not met with spec...

I know the hon. Gentleman feels passionately about the subject, but does he not also agree with t...

I hear what the hon. Gentleman is saying. It is true, of course—but this is outwith the discussio...

I apologise somewhat for interrupting my hon. Friend’s magnificent speech. Part of the problem wi...

My hon. Friend, as usual, makes a very interesting and succinct point. If I were not constrained ...

I am a little bemused by this amendment, although I think I understand it. It seems to me that it...

My hon. Friend is right to raise the issue of a national framework. Various research reports over...

I think this is the first time that a lapel microphone has been used in this way—I appreciate tha...

I am grateful to the Minister for the work he does. He is very committed—whenever I see him he is...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. It is published. I think, if I am not mistaken,...

I thank the Minister for giving way with his customary courtesy. I just want to be absolutely cle...

I am pleased to give the hon. Gentleman that guarantee. The panel will be set up by April. I beli...

Will the Minister confirm that bringing together oversight of apprenticeships and technical educa...

My hon. Friend, who campaigns a lot on diversity and equality, is absolutely right. The proposal ...

Most of us would see the Minister as a journeyman or time-served Minister rather than as the Mini...

The hon. Gentleman will be pleased to know that I am still a trade unionist. That is a good idea....

Eastleigh College, which is the third-largest college providing apprenticeships in England and tr...

I thank my hon. Friend. It is brilliant that her college is providing such training, and I would ...

On STEM subjects and the advice given to young people, successive Governments have tried to effec...

The hon. Gentleman is completely right. When I talk about my priorities for skills and education,...

The question for the Minister, as it was for me and others here when we were schools Ministers, b...

Unlike the hon. Gentleman, I was not around for all the other times that have gone before. We hav...

If you will allow me a little latitude, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to place my remarks on...

My hon. Friend is making very thoughtful points. He may be aware that there is now a fairly succe...

I am not surprised about that. In the last Parliament but one, I had the joy of visiting Lithuani...

Qualifications may be mandatory in an apprenticeship standard if that is a mandatory requirement ...

I thank the Minister for that clarification. In a sense, he has made my point for me. There will ...

I was a member of the Bill Committee, which was very constructive and involved much cross-party s...

I commend my hon. Friend for the work that he did as Minister for disabled people. Does he agree ...

Absolutely. That is at the heart of the points that I am going to make. People need time to devel...

It is a great pleasure to speak in this important debate. I, too, was a member of the Bill Commit...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for, yet again, making a thoughtful speech. I do not have the figures ...

I am sure the Minister is right in the majority of cases, but for some there is pressure to move ...

I was not on the Committee, but I know that the Technical and Further Education Bill has generate...

New clause 4 deals with careers education provision in technical and further education, and I wan...

I thank all those who have spoken. I particularly thank the Minister for confirming that the impl...

I beg to move amendment 1, page 8, line 4, at end add—

‘(3) Before an education administrat...

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 2, in clause 18, page 9...

May I wish you a happy new year, Mr Deputy Speaker?

We turn to the extremely important part...

My hon. Friend is much more familiar with the Bill than I am. On the clarity that he seeks to int...

As usual, my hon. Friend is perceptive. If we had the time and if it was within the scope of this...

May I assure my hon. Friend that the Minister is well aware of that scenario, because my local co...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because he has provided a specific example...

Does my hon. Friend agree that there is a particular issue in higher value areas, where it may be...

My hon. Friend has a double qualification to speak on the subject: as a Member of Parliament for ...

I thank the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Gordon Marsden) again for his amendments. I will beg...

I have listened carefully to what the Minister has said and taken note of his views and the propo...

I will now suspend the House for no more than five minutes in order to make a decision on certifi...

I can now inform the House of my decision about certification. For the purposes of Standing Order...

indicated assent.

The House forthwith resolved itself into the Legislative Grand Committee ...

I remind hon. Members that if there are Divisions, only Members representing constituencies in En...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am sure that the House was greatly entertained by the f...

Order. I think the hon. Gentleman and I both know, first, that that is not a point of order and, ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I want to give my special thanks t...

I thank my right hon. Friend for the incredible work he has done in taking the Bill forward and I...

My hon. Friend, whom I thank for his work on the Committee, is absolutely right. We introduced th...

As the Minister will remember, I suggested in Committee that all colleges should have professiona...

I accept the hon. Gentleman’s premise, but, as I think I said in Committee, I do not want to put ...

In my constituency we are very fortunate in having Richard Huish sixth-form college, which has ju...

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and she is absolutely right: everything this Governm...

May I associate myself with the Minister’s comments in thanking the officials and all Committee m...