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Further Education and Training Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 57: 57: Schedule 1 , page 25, line 6, at end insert— ““In section 152 (orders and regulations), after subsection (2) insert— ““(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply to a statutory instrument that contains regulations to which subsection (2B) applies. (2B) The first regulations under section 18A(2) may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”””” The noble Lord said: We are very grateful to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee for its helpful comments on the Bill. In its report, the committee commented that it had expected to see more detail in the Bill about the provision that is to be made about the regional councils of the Learning and Skills Council. The committee recommended that at least the first set of regulations about LSC regional councils made under Clause 2 should be subject to affirmative resolution. It is important that regional councils retain flexibility to accommodate changes to the machinery of government, but we are grateful to the committee for its detailed views on this subject. We are accepting the committee’s recommendation. I beg to move. On Question, amendment agreed to. Schedule 1, as amended, agreed to. Clause 29 agreed to. Schedule 2 [Repeals]: [Amendment No. 58 not moved.] Schedule 2 agreed to. Clauses 30 to 33 agreed to. Bill reported with amendments.