Clause 22
Further Education and Training Bill [Lords]
1:15 pm
John Hayes (Shadow Minister (Vocational Education), Education; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
The Under-Secretary is being reassuring about the purposes of this part of the Bill. In essence, it is a means of increasing flexibility, and by so doing, maintaining commitment. What kind of mechanisms might ITBs use to consult employers, if they are not using representative organisations as a conduit? When the 1982 Act was enacted, part of the reason for using representative organisations was that they provided a convenient vehicle for the type of consultation that we are describing.