Clause 30
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
Public Bill Committees, 12 March 2009, 1:30 pm
John Hayes (Shadow Minister, Innovation, Universities and Skills; South Holland & The Deepings, Conservative)
I know that the Minister is going to deal with the substantive remarks that I made, but before he moves on I would like to address the intervention by the hon. Member for Bristol, West. First, I raised those matters on a previous occasion in Committee and the Minister pledged to come back to us with some details, inasmuch as information is collated and available, on the number of young people and others with learning difficulties and disabilities who have apprenticeships. I hope that he will reaffirm his intention to do that.
Secondly, my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham’s remarks are highly pertinent to this part of the Bill. Does the Minister expect to make the provisions for people with learning difficulties and other disabilities absolutely clear in guidance? Without that, I fear that they may be disadvantaged.