Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

To borrow a phrase, “The best way to level up our country is through education”. Education, coupl...

I suspect that we may have been listening to a different opening statement from the Secretary of ...

The Government are taking the funding away, and it is that that will stop young people getting th...

Let me start by thanking the Secretary of State for what I thought was a rather conciliatory spee...

My right hon. Friend is making a very good speech. Would he consider and welcome the improved app...

My hon. Friend’s intervention brings me to my second point, which is about the need to take a tru...

The right hon. Member is talking about the Health and Care Bill and trusting that this will all b...

Before you respond to that, Mr Skidmore, the time limit will be four minutes after you have finis...

It is not an amendment for this Bill so I am simply not going to respond to that point.

I w...

There is now a four-minute limit.

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I welcome the fresh focus from the Government on skills and further education. FE has long been t...

It is wonderful to see the focus on adult education in the Bill, but I agree with some of the com...

Having gone to a further education college myself, I am a strong supporter of further education a...

I am delighted to speak today on this very important Bill. With the impact of covid-19, which exa...

Order. Tahir Ali will be the last speaker on four minutes. I am afraid that, to get everybody in,...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I share the experience of the Secretary of State, having come to th...

I welcome the Bill and the intention to create better technical and vocational pathways for young...

Of course, I welcome the reforms in the Bill that attempt to improve the quality of post-16 educa...

As we all know, the future is all about a good education and having the right skills. If we are t...

Since 2010, Conservative-led Governments have cut adult education budgets by half, damaging the l...

It is an absolute joy and delight to be here to talk about this Bill, which I wholeheartedly supp...

I pay tribute to the staff at Christ the King Sixth Form College, which I have recently been in c...

I, too, warmly welcome the Bill, with the emphasis it places on lifelong learning. Although 50% o...

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I spe...

This is a very exciting Bill and I support it, but I think that the Government are missing a big ...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. As a strong ...

We are very lucky in Loughborough, because we have a thriving education sector. In many ways, edu...

This Bill is an opportunity for us to give further education the attention that it deserves, but ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse). While she was speaking, I wa...

I begin by paying tribute to everything that Wirral Met College in my constituency does to equip ...

I welcome this Bill. Some may say it is not before time, but it provides the means both for addre...

I commend the Secretary of State, the Minister and the Government for this Bill, which is a posit...

On Friday, I had the great pleasure of speaking to and listening to about 200 businesses at the W...

I congratulate the Department for Education, Ministers, former Ministers and the former Secretary...

It is a great pleasure to wind up for the Opposition after a good debate on this Bill, with some ...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Let me crack on. If I have time, I would be very happy to hear from the hon. Gentleman.

The...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

The hon. Gentleman is so persistent that I will—very briefly.

T-levels are obviously a fantastic idea. We have already heard from the Secretary of State that t...

It is an interesting point. The Government have said that there are too many qualifications. They...

As someone who has spent the majority of his life in education or education policy, it is a real ...

This is not rewriting history but merely to point out to the Minister, who may not remember, that...

Rewriting history yet again: everybody knows that the last Labour Government left the economy of ...