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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

I cannot withdraw my amendment until I have understood the reason why I am being asked to do so. Let us set aside my parenthetical question about Clause 1, which I do not think impinges on this; I am happy simply to read what the Minister said before the next stage. On the amendment, though, I understood him to say that if we took out Clause 6(2) there would be no definition of the prescribed manner. That, however, is only on the assumption that we had not substituted the words in subsection (1) that I propose, which would make it clear. I do not follow his reasoning here. I may have misheard him, and maybe other noble Lords have heard him better than I have, but, for my own benefit, could he tell me slowly and clearly whether there is anything that he said, beyond what I have repeated, that I could possibly accept as a reason for withdrawing my amendment?