Education and Skills Bill
12:00 pm
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
You made a point that seems to be very significant. What you are suggesting is that there may be a lack of equivalence between different apprenticeships within the frameworks, even at the same level. That supports other work that you have done on the difference between the BTEC, the ordinary level and NVQ level 3. If there is such a lack of equivalence, are we short-changing learners in terms of their ability to progress to higher study? Some will be able to do so, and some will not.