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I also added my name to Amendments 3 and 10, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran, but I subsequently had if not exactly a change of heart but a slight panic that, although the way that the noble Baroness expressed it was that representatives from mayoral combined authorities, local skills improvement partnerships and sector representative bodies should be consulted and considered for membership of a group of persons, which I believe, the way that the amendment is phrased means that they all would have to be included in every such group. Since, as the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, told us, there are some 700 standards, that would be quite a tall order to achieve. I applaud the principle, but the word “must” gives me some hesitation.