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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

"It is important to clarify this point, and I assume the Minister will do so as well. The hon. Member keeps using the word “exclude” as if others will be unable to take part in these conversations, and that is certainty not what amendment 7 says. Opposition Members have argued …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)

"Where does it say “exclude” them?..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Second sitting)

"I might try to give the hon. Gentleman a clue on that question. We spent much of the morning arguing about why this policy needed to be locally led, why we wanted devolved authorities to take more control over it and why local government should have more of a say …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)

"

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Miller. I will keep my comments brief, but I want to touch on some of the issues raised by colleagues.

First, LEPs, chambers of commerce and other instances of local involvement in skills plans have been mentioned. Some of those …

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)

"

It is important to clarify this point, and I assume the Minister will do so as well. The hon. Member keeps using the word “exclude” as if others will be unable to take part in these conversations, and that is certainty not what amendment 7 says. Opposition Members have argued …

..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill (First sitting)

"

Where does it say “exclude” them?

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Nov 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

"I welcome the Bill and the intention to create better technical and vocational pathways for young people and give them clear careers advice, so that they end up on the right route for them rather than on whatever all their mates are doing. The lifelong learning guarantee and finance are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s commitment to the supporting families scheme. The certainty around that for the long term will be very beneficial. He will recognise, as a former families Minister, that the big pressure on local government budgets is not social care—I wish I could spend the money, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate and endorse everything said by my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) about schools and education. On those issues, he is always bang-on. Since the Budget, I have had positive conversations in particular on the transition between BTECs …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Budget Resolutions

"I thank the hon. Member for that intervention, which pre-empts something I will come to. In effect, I will make the same point later in my speech. The truth is that next year we will underspend on social care, because we cannot recruit the staff to pay them, even if …..."
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