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Business of the House

The hon. Gentleman picks on a disputed aspect of reports in relation to adult education. The Government have exceeded the targets that we set in relation to adult basic skills, with more than 1 million adults gaining a first qualification in language, literacy or numeracy. There are inevitably difficulties with all schemes, but I hope that, being fair-minded, he would recognise that, overall, those schemes have been remarkably successful in providing skills, opportunities, training and education to a large number of people who would otherwise not be able to join our work force.