Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

It is a pleasure to open the debate on Report of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. We had a ...

I rise to speak to amendments 12 to 16. I start by saying how much I welcome the interest among r...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. With great respect to the Government, the issue for ...

I could not agree more. I am glad to see the hon. Gentleman has overcome any shyness he may have ...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the pain around BTECs is because they are usually the gateway for ...

I absolutely agree with all of that. BTECs are also a qualification that is understood and respec...

One concern I have around T-levels, which I have raised with the Government before, is the work p...

My hon. Friend characteristically raises an important point, and she is entirely right. When I go...

I was a BTEC graduate and I went to Wakefield College. Does my hon. Friend agree that hollowing o...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. The Government have been at pains to denigrate BTECs. Th...

I remind everybody that at Report stage those making contributions should really be referring to ...

In rising to speak to my new clauses 1, 2 and 3, I give notice that I do not intend to press them...

rose—

I am delighted to give way to a former member of the Education Committee.

Like my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins), I support the right hon. Gentleman’...

I am all for consultations, but I want this Bill to happen as soon as possible. I have wanted som...

My right hon. Friend came to my constituency to visit Thorn Cross prison and to look at the educa...

My hon. Friend is right. By the way, the prison that the Select Committee visited is an extraordi...

New clause 1 is excellent, and I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that it is good news that th...

As so often, the hon. Lady has got it absolutely right, and I am sure the Secretary of State has ...

I have had so many encounters with young people doing apprenticeships. When I have spoken to them...

I thank the hon. Gentleman, and he is absolutely right. I go all over the country, and my first s...

rose—

How can I not give way to the great man opposite?

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. His last point, which was reiterated by the shad...

Of course I agree with the hon. Gentleman. The only thing I would say is that we must never see a...

The right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. I speak as a former careers adviser and...

I really appreciate that support. The hon. Gentleman knows so much about this area, so having his...

I rise to speak in support of new clauses 14, 15 and 11, which at their core support a just trans...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for adding his name to this amendment, as a lead sponsor, and I t...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I agree entirely. We can already see, before th...

It is a pleasure to speak today in support of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. Ensuring tha...

The hon. Lady is making an excellent speech and I just want to echo the support for universal cre...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. The right hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms) an...

We know that a Bill is flawed when not one, not two, but three previous Education Secretaries and...

Order. We need to start the wind-ups at a quarter to nine, so if everybody could take about six m...

I will do my best, Madam Deputy Speaker, to squeeze my remarks on the 12 amendments in my name in...

To be of assistance, I am going to put in place a six-minute time limit. If we cannot stick to my...

We are having an interesting debate. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (M...

I rise to speak on new clause 4 and will make a brief round-up in support of new clauses 2, 5 and...

There are very many sensible amendments before us this evening. I am very pleased to support new ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green) and to speak in...

According to the National Literacy Trust, more than 7 million adults in England have very poor li...

I welcome the Bill because it provides the means to address problems that have hung over the UK f...

It is always a genuine pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous), who spoke p...

I largely welcome the aims of this Bill to improve the quality and funding of post-16 education, ...

I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. It was a pleasure ...

My hon. Friend makes a strong point about the vocational nature of BTECs. I recently went to Derb...

My hon. Friend makes an important point with which I thoroughly agree.

Our creative sector ...

Further education should be about creating a workforce that meets the needs of our national and l...

With the leave of the House, I will speak to some of the amendments that have been discussed this...

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

One year ago, the Government publi...

Order. I note that two Back Benchers wish to speak, and I am sure that the Opposition Front-Bench...

I will certainly ensure that there is time for the voices of other Members to be heard, Madam Dep...

I would recommend about three minutes each for the remaining speakers.

9.53 pm

One of the pillars of this Government’s agenda is, rightly, levelling up. The recently published ...

I am grateful for the chance to sneak in during the last few minutes of this debate. It is always...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This afternoon, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. As he said, the Secretary of State did underta...