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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

I, too, support these amendments. I have added my name to three of them that emphasise the element of supervised training. We all know that the quality of an apprenticeship depends very much on the supervision that is given in the workplace; how seriously the employer takes the responsibility of what is actually happening to the young person. I am sure that many other noble Lords have heard, as I have, some pretty grim stories of apprentices being pretty well left to their own devices with very little supervision of what is going on and very little constructive learning of the trade. I hope very much that the Government will accept the amendment and support the amendments in the group that emphasise the importance of the employer’s role as a partner in the young person’s learning. It is not just the FE college that is responsible for the learning; it is very much the employer as well. I hope that the Government will take this on board.