Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

My Lords, I rise briefly to move Amendment 9, which could be described as a friendly amendment to...

I want to support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, but probably from a ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as an engineer and project director for Atkins, and as a director...

My Lords, it is very hard to disagree with anything that has been said in the last hour. Obviousl...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 11, which I have put my name to, and regret that the rules on...

I thank the noble Lord. I did intend to speak before the end of the debate.

I will speak to...

My Lords, I want to go back to Amendment 10. I assumed that the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, was going...

My Lords, I will pick up where I left off on Amendment 11 and also speak to my Amendment 20. I we...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 13, 16 and 19, tabled by the right reverend Prelate the Bis...

My Lords, before speaking to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Watson, to which I added my na...

My Lords, I, too, have added my name to Amendment 11, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Watson, and ...

My Lords, if I may say a few words now, let me first say that I will speak to Amendment 26 in my ...

My Lords, I will say a few concluding remarks before the Minister speaks. As I look around the Ch...

My Lords, I shall speak very briefly, because we have spent a long time on this very important gr...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this group of amendments. If I may, I sha...

I am grateful to the Minister for her response—fairly grateful—but I had a number of other very s...

I had not forgotten, so I absolutely undertake to write on the noble Baroness’s specific question...

My Lords, three days off my second anniversary in your Lordships’ House, I occasionally think tha...

I thank all those who have taken part in such an interesting and wide-ranging debate on the conte...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

11: Clause 1, page 2, line 21, leave out subsecti...

My Lords, I beg to move.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comprehensive responses. It is clear that she has quickly ...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

15: Clause 1, page 2, line 29, at end insert “English-funded...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

22: Clause 4, page 4, line 24, after “provides” insert “Engl...

Moved by

Lord Lucas

27: Clause 7, page 7, line 32, at end insert—

“(c) must spe...

My Lords, there are a number of other amendments in this group. I very much hope that we will pur...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 28, 29 and 30 in my name plus, very briefly, Amendments 32 a...

My Lords, this is the first time that I have engaged on Report, and I gather that I have to speak...

Oh!

It can get worse, you know.

I am quoting from the documents so that they are on the record,...

My Lords, I was going to say it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Baker, but ac...

My Lords, I shall speak extremely briefly, otherwise I think we will lose the amendments that we ...

My Lords, I should like to speak to Amendment 33 in my name and in support of the other amendment...

My Lords, I think that the House wants to move towards a decision and the arguments made have bee...

I thank all noble Lords for their powerful contributions on this group and I will attempt to set ...

Could you speak a bit louder?

Oh, I am so sorry, I will try to speak a little louder; forgive me. Our reforms will make sure th...

Did the noble Baroness just say—I think the House was slightly surprised by that remark—that it w...

I am happy to write to the noble Lord to clarify the background to that but my understanding is t...

GCSEs and A-levels?

Perhaps the noble Lord will allow me to proceed.

Amendment 30 from the noble Lord, Lord Wat...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for that comprehensive reply. I will start by agreeing...

Moved by

Lord Watson of Invergowrie

29: Clause 7, page 9, line 41, at end insert—

My Lords, we have had a really compelling debate, with some powerful speeches from education big ...

Moved by

Lord Baker of Dorking

31: Clause 7, page 9, line 41, at end insert—

“(...

I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Moved by

Lord Willetts

33: Clause 7, page 10, line 17, at end insert—

“(8) Wher...

It is very important that we sense the mood of the House on this issue. I beg to move.

8.29...

My Lords, there being an equality of votes, in accordance with Standing Order 55, which provides ...

Moved by

Lord Storey

34: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause—

“Revi...

My Lords, apprenticeships have been a really important development, particularly for young people...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 34 of the noble Lord, Lord Storey, because of the key...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss apprenticeships. We have already heard fro...

I thank the noble Baroness. The time rumblings in certain areas are making us act a little less r...

I offer many apologies to the noble Lord, Lord Watson. It was so rude of me. I am afraid my tummy...

I think you have made Lord Storey very happy. I felt at one stage like I was in a sort of paralle...