Yes, as I have said, in the process of bidding for the trailblazers, we have allowed local geographic areas to define themselves as the economic area. So, it could be the mayoral combined authority for Greater Manchester, or it might be that parts of the north of that area decide that they are going to be in an area with somewhere else. We have not prescribed that. We have allowed that local decision-making, and we are not dictating from the centre. We would be criticised if we were to do that. It is up to that geography to define itself. I will have to come back to my noble friend on a model plan. We will be publishing the trailblazer plans during that pilot, but I will write to my noble friend about any other model plan.
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Berridge
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 6 July 2021.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL].
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