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Education and Skills Bill

I ask the Minister for clarification of what she said, to which I tried to listen very carefully. The language of requirements is neutral; it can be either the requirement of the recipient or the requirement of the person who identifies whatever are—and I quote another phrase that the Minister mentioned—reasonable needs. We have words such as ““reasonable needs”” and ““aspirations””, the latter of which the Minister used herself many times although she is rejecting it in the amendment, and then ““requirements””. I am not quite clear who is to define those requirements. Will the LSC be able to take into account the aspirations of the adult or will the needs of the local area for employment have to balance them? Perhaps I am being unnecessarily stupid in not understanding what the Minister said, but I would be grateful for some clarification. ““Requirements”” is a neutral word; it does not tell us who is going to define these requirements—the individual or the LSC.