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Lord Hampton (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 February 2025

Debate

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]

Contribution

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 10, to which I have added my name. With due respect to the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, the whole point of being a Cross-Bencher is that you do not have to cut any Government any slack. The thing I really like about Amendment 10, to take up the point from the noble Lord, Lord Storey, is that while I find the language in the framework document very iffy at times, Amendment 10 has “ensure that education and training is of an appropriate quality … represents good value … ensure that Skills England performs its functions efficiently and effectively”. I really like that. We talk about annual reports. The Government have already committed to putting out a report after six months. I really like annual reports. The Minister talked about Skills England already having experience in shadow form. Perhaps she could comment a little more about that as well.

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