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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 26 November 2024
Debate
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]Contribution
I will leave it at that for this particular group of amendments, but I am keeping my fingers crossed that my noble friend the Minister and the Secretary of State will simply go back to those who say that one cannot widen this Bill and bring forward on Report an amendment that does nothing other than transfer IfATE, and say to them, “I am terribly sorry. When you are in government, this is all about the primacy of Parliament”. We have debated that over the last decade to infinity. It is all about whether the Government are in government or whether, to coin a famous phrase, they are in office but not in power. I put it no stronger than that.
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