Debates between Andrew Gwynne and Tahir Ali during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)

Debate between Andrew Gwynne and Tahir Ali
Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne
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The hon. Lady can shake her head, but I invite her to Ashton Sixth Form College and Stockport College, and she can get into the real world.

Tahir Ali Portrait Tahir Ali
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I take great exception to the word “brand” being used for the BTEC. The BTEC is not a brand; it is a qualification achieved by those who do not want to pursue an academic route. If BTEC is a brand, GCSEs are a brand, A-levels are a brand, BSc is a brand, masters degrees are a brand. It is nonsense, and it is abhorrent to even refer to BTEC as a brand. The only brands Government Members are interested in are the ones that cost a lot of money.