Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

My Lords, I must first apologise for my absence from this Committee on Monday, particularly to th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, for introducing his amendment, and the noble Bar...

My Lords, I am grateful for the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lord Willetts, and for his th...

I am grateful to the Minister for her courtesy, as always. I do not think my score on the amendme...

Does the Minister wish to respond?

Just to say that I would be delighted to meet my noble friend at a convenient point.

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 90A. Anyone wishing to press this or anything e...

Moved by

The Lord Bishop of Durham

90A: After Clause 25, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the noble Baroness...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 93 in the names of my noble friend Lord Storey and myse...

My Lords, I can be fairly brief, given that my noble friend has just done some of the heavy lifti...

My Lords, I support the intentions of these three amendments. In essence, they would allow people...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross. This group of ame...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to air these important issues.

T...

My Lords, this group of amendments broadly seeks to enable individuals studying at level 3 and be...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply and thank all colleagues for their comments on all t...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 90B. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a...

Moved by

The Lord Bishop of Durham

90B: After Clause 25, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, in its 2014 report Sense & Instability, City & Guilds made a wryly humorous and powerfu...

My Lords, when the Government are asked to have a long-term look at something, the usual answer i...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Addington, who has made such a valuable...

My Lords, we welcome this probing amendment, introduced by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop ...

I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham for tabling his amendment. Based on the s...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington. I knew I could rely on him to pull out the spec...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 90C. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a...

Moved by

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

90C: After Clause 25, insert the following ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 90C in my name. I apologise to the Committee that this is a ...

My Lords, it has always seemed odd to me that so many of us complete our education with extensive...

My Lords, we are very much in favour of Amendment 90C. I endorse the remarks of the noble Barones...

My Lords, the Government appreciate the importance of all forms of education in improving life ch...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and all noble Lords who have contributed to this ...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 91. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a ...

Moved by

Lord Addington

91: Before Clause 14, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, I am sorry that I am out from the subs’ bench here. This amendment is quite straightfor...

My Lords it is a pleasure to follow—if unexpectedly—the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and to expres...

I call Lord Janke.

My Lords, I am not a Lord, as you will see, but I thank the Deputy Chairman for calling me.