Clause 30 - Training institution and centres
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
2:30 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 108, in
clause 30, page 13, line 15, at end insert—
'(1A) The Fire Service College shall be deemed to be established by the Secretary of State in accordance with subsection (1)'.
It is good to welcome you back to the Chair, Mr. O'Hara.
The clause deals with training institutions and provides that
''The Secretary of State may establish and maintain—
(a) a central training institution, and
(b) one or more local training centres''.
However, when we read the explanatory notes, we see that the magic word ''regional'' creeps in again. It is not in the Bill. The explanatory notes suggest that the Secretary of State might want to create regional training centres.