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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

I want to examine some of the points made by the noble Baroness because I cannot give a comprehensive answer to all of them. I sense some validity and concur with the noble Baroness. In my journey around FE colleges I, too, have been immensely impressed with the work that they do and with the range of students that they handle. I will take away and examine the points that have been made. We are absolutely committed to sustaining the reduction. I need to look at the capabilities and see whether we can go further. I hope that the noble Baroness will recognise the scenario in which we are operating at the moment. There are differences between the way that we fund sixth-form colleges and colleges supplying the same course. I would like to take that away and I will write to the noble Baroness on that issue. On that basis, I hope that she will feel capable of withdrawing the amendment.