Member

Amendment 4 to Clause 4 and Amendment 11 to Clause 5 are both in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Barran. They would remove entirely the Secretary of State’s new power to prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan without convening a group of persons. This would be my preferred route, as a stronger alternative to my own amendments, unless the Minister can define the specific and limited circumstances in which this power would be used, as required by Amendment 6.