Clause 24

Part of Education and Skills Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 7:00 pm on 19 February 2008.

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Photo of David Laws David Laws Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families) 7:00, 19 February 2008

Perhaps I have misunderstood the Government’s intention. Under the Bill, as it stands, could an employer say to a young person, “Fine, do your education or training, but regardless of that nonsense we want you here during the day, so you will have to do it at 7 or 8 o’clock in the evening—take it or leave it!”?