Clause 18
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
Public Bill Committees, 12 March 2009, 10:15 am
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland & The Deepings, Conservative)
Just to be clear, this is an emergency power then? The Minister suggested that a framework having to be changed and a sector skills council ceasing to exist were synonymous. If a sector skills council ceases to exist, it might be necessary for a Minister to intervene in the short term. Surely a Minister would not have to intervene if a framework were changed because that is within the competence of the sector skills council.