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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Baroness for the assurance that she will write to me. The very fact that there are 3,000 centres in existence is a great tribute, but I cannot say that I am other than disappointed at what I have been told. These centres are not only crucially important but really quite large bodies, which will need very professional and organised governing bodies, or the equivalent. The extent to which the situation has been left, literally, in limbo, with nobody knowing how it is going to develop, is going to be of concern to everybody. I cannot guarantee that I will not come back to this at Report, but I am grateful for the help of the team and the Minister. I am equally grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, for her support, and to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I hope that, between us, we will all keep this issue in mind and come back to it on Report. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 280ZA withdrawn. Amendments 280A to 280C not moved. Clause 191 agreed. Clause 192 agreed. Clause 193 : Children’s centres: safeguarding children Amendment 281 not moved. Clause 193 agreed. Clause 194 agreed.