Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

My Lords, I warmly support the amendment moved by my colleague and noble and learned friend Lord ...

My Lords, I support both amendments in this group. I put my name down mainly to speak on Amendmen...

My Lords, it is an honour to speak in this group with many noble Lords who have made an enormous ...

My Lords, I support Amendments 76 and 80, for the obvious reason so clearly set out by the noble ...

My Lords, this is a hugely important debate for the future of not only our education system but o...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, in such fine form, but I...

My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 76. As the noble and learned Lord, Lord Clarke, has argued ...

My Lords, I added my name to Amendment 80 from the noble Lord, Lord Watson, but I also strongly s...

My Lords, again, we have had a stimulating debate, with many insightful contributions. I have to ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for the opportunity for this important debate on the provision of s...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister, from the noble Lord, Lord Adonis.

My Lords, the noble Baroness said that there was now a scheme for enabling large employers to tra...

As noble Lords will be aware, when large employers pay the apprenticeship levy, those funds stay ...

My Lords, I have received no further requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the mover, t...

My Lords, I asked specifically about the skills fund. When it was published, the fund said that i...

My Lords, I will have to undertake to get more detail for the noble Lord on that specific point. ...

I believe I have no further requests to speak after the Minister. I apologise to the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for her reply, and I realise the constraints a Ministe...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 76A. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

76A: Clause 22, page 26, line 25, at end insert “including academ...

My Lords, the question I ask with Amendment 76A is: who is making sure, in this new world that we...

My Lords, the points from the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, are very well made regarding the need to se...

My Lords, on Thursday—day 2 of Committee—I asked the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, about the need fo...

My Lords, before I call the Minister, I remind Members that, for this week at least, they should ...

My Lords, Amendment 76A relates to intervention in FE college and sixth-form college corporations...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that answer. I would be delighted to entertain her...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 76B. Anyone wishing to press this or ...

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

76B: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I speak to government Amendments 76B and Amendment 101 in my name. They relate to the h...

My Lords, in the previous group on Amendment 76A, the noble Baroness did not reply to my point ab...

My Lords, having had a look at this amendment, I really put my name down to speak to ensure we ca...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her explanation of these amendments. From what she said, this ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions, particularly the comments of the noble Lor...

What about the IB?

At least I am consistent in forgetting twice. I beg the noble Lord’s pardon. We have no intention...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 77. Anyone wishing to press this to a Division m...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

77: After Clause 25, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, I bring apologies from my noble friend Lord Storey, who is in foreign parts but assured...

My Lords, I speak on the subject of cheating partly because I have a son who is an academic and I...

My Lords, these essay mills are getting ever more sophisticated and are employing in some cases q...

My Lords, my noble friend—despite the fact that he has been defeated by the wonders of technology...

The noble Lord, Lord Adonis, has withdrawn from this group so I call the noble Baroness, Lady She...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, for stepping into the breach and introducing t...

I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Garden, for moving Amendment 77 on behalf of the nob...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that positive reply, and those who supported the amendment, th...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 78. Anyone wishing to press this or anything el...

Moved by

Lord Addington

78: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, this group of amendment refers to careers guidance. They are very appropriate to go int...

My Lords, first, I owe an apology. Normally when I speak in this House I ad lib from a handful of...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Baker of Dorking, and I support his amend...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 83 and 84 in this group, from the noble Lord, Lord P...

My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly the detail of Amendment 82 in ...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests as a non-executive director o...

My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Morgan of Cotes and to hear ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness’s remark that she wanted to become a landscape gardener but ended us...

My Lords, I start with the areas where I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, and principally ...

My Lords, as furlough ends, no community will be untouched by unemployment. It is vital, therefor...

My Lords, the Government strongly believe that young people and adults at all stages of their car...

I have received notice from the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, who wishes to speak after the Minister.<...

My Lords, is the noble Baroness able to give us any information about the provision of apprentice...

I am aware that that was one option being looked at to improve the way that young people can navi...

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate and one which brought, I am afraid, horrible remind...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

79: After Clause 25, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, credit transfer relates to the assessment and recognition of prior qualifications and c...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Watson has made a compelling argument for enhanced, nationally rec...

My Lords, this amendment seems such a good thing, but I really doubt whether all the administrati...

My Lords, I thank the Noble Lord, Lord Watson, for tabling this amendment and have great sympathy...

My Lords, I am not comfortable withdrawing my amendment, as the Minister suggests. The amendment ...

Moved by

Lord Touhig

86: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“16 ...

My Lords, this is very much a probing amendment, allowing me to highlight a particular unintended...

My Lords, this issue goes back some time. When I was a Minister, there was an issue about whether...

My Lords, I briefly add my support to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, which would e...

My Lords, I support Amendment 86 in the name of my noble friend Lord Touhig, which would grant th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Touhig, for bringing forward his amendment. Although it is...

I have observed the contributions of Members on a host of amendments in these last hours and pay ...

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 87.

Amendment 87

Moved by

Lord Addington

87: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, once again I find myself stepping into the shoes of my noble friend Lord Storey. Regard...

My Lords, I broadly support Amendment 87, although I will probe rather more on what we could get ...

My Lords, I am a believer in the value of the Kickstart scheme and would like to see it extended ...

My Lords, I too am a fan of Kickstart, and I hope that the Government will consolidate and build ...

My Lords, all three noble Lords who have spoken, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, have made pert...

My Lords, I am pleased to signify our support for Amendment 87 in the names of the noble Lords, L...

My Lords, the Kickstart scheme was created and deployed rapidly to provide urgent jobs for young ...

My Lords, I am trying to sum up what has been said. Apart from anything else, “Storey-cum-Addingt...

We now come to Amendment 88. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a Division must make that ...

Moved by

Lord Willetts

88: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“T...

My Lords, the background to this amendment is that the Student Loans Company has close contact wi...

My Lords, as ever from the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, these are excellent suggestions and I stron...

My Lords, I thoroughly support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Willetts and the...

My Lords, I am always loath to take issue with the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, who generally is a ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, for introducing this amendment and all the noble...

My Lords, I shall first resist the temptation to respond to the noble Baroness’s comment that she...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for a very interesting debate. I particularly agree, of co...

We now come to Amendment 89A. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a Division must make that...

Moved by

Lord Willetts

89A: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause—

“...

I will refer to this amendment briefly as well, although it overlaps to some extent with the deba...

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Aberdare, Lord Adonis and Lord Lucas, have withdrawn, so I call t...

Ah, a lot earlier than expected, but thank you, Lord Deputy Chairman. As with the previous amendm...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Willetts for tabling this amendment. Like my noble friend,...

I am grateful to the Opposition Front Bench and the Minister for their interventions on my amendm...