The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, but it is right that we have bold ambitions for the young people who take that learning and employment option. We have spent much of this afternoon talking about Oxbridge; I want that same level of aspiration for the group of young people who take the apprenticeship route. We want to encourage quality and to legislate for quality. We will be able to do that as a result of the apprenticeship review and we can aspire to world-class apprenticeships. Frankly, if Germany and Australia are able to have apprenticeships that most of the world  look to and say that they are good, I am quite sure that we can extend the tradition of companies such as Rolls-Royce and British Telecom and set up such apprenticeships as our ambition.

The clause is but one of the building blocks that we need to put in place on the road to rolling out the entitlement in 2013 and expanding apprenticeships to meet the ambitions set out in response to the Leitch review. The apprenticeship review said that we will go further in legislative terms to give statutory force to the 2013 entitlement. The clause supports that direction of travel. The amendments would exclude the majority of apprentices from the duties on the LSC and cloud the message that we are sending to the system. I hope that the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings is sufficiently reassured that he can withdraw his amendments.