Clause 2

Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 5 February 2008.

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Photo of Angela Watkinson Angela Watkinson Opposition Whip (Commons) 12:00, 5 February 2008

I have been listening to the hon. Gentleman carefully, but it is difficult to envisage any new, young and inexperienced employee going into the workplace and not learning something. The employer would of necessity have to give them some instruction or training so that they could carry out the duties—whatever they happened to be. Does the hon. Gentleman think that small employers, whose employee numbers are below a certain threshold, ought to be exempt from the provision?