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Education and Skills Bill

I am extremely grateful to the Minister for his continuing interest in the problems of the GRT communities and in particular for his support for GRT history month, which I know at first hand. It was instrumental in giving enormous encouragement to the communities to become involved in more educational activities and, I hope, in increasing the level of attainment. I need to think about all the measures that he has described which are aimed at increasing the participation of Gypsies and Travellers in secondary education and onwards into education for 16 to 18 year-olds. The e-learning scheme that he described might be particularly relevant to that age group. I have seen it, and it looks as though it is working extremely well. Perhaps some of the skills that we know are particularly relevant to this community—in the case of women, the parenting skills that I mentioned—could be the subject of training programmes through the e-learning system, which would not require them to attend at a recognised place of education. At this late hour, I will simply content myself by saying many thanks to the Minister. We are extremely grateful for all the interest that he takes in these communities. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clauses 140 and 141 agreed to. Clause 142 [Functions of Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in England and Northern Ireland]: On Question, Whether Clause 142 shall stand part of the Bill?