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The second thing we have heard is that Skills England and IfATE should run together for at least a year, despite their separate and in some cases conflicting remits. Let us be clear: this would only create chaos, with the different organisations stepping on each other’s feet. The different remits would, if anything, dilute the impact of an industrial strategy. The risk is that all the proposals made by the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil O’Brien) would lead to the recreation of the failed organisation by the back door.