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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

My Lords, on my amendments in this group, the Minister has answered my questions before I have asked them. I am content with her answers. I look forward to hearing what she has to say about the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, which seem to be much more to the point and try to introduce some sense of hope and direction into this Mittsommernachtstraum of a section of the Bill. We are living, as my noble friend Lord Baker has said, in the realm of fantasy. The ability of the Government-produced information systems to handle something of this complexity is not often demonstrated—I say that kindly. The number of people through which these processes have to go, each of whom will take their own time and have their own in-tray, will leave the poor old people on the ground, who are providing education in the prisons concerned, with just making do and coping with the fact. There are some good things. There is an assessment on the way in and, with luck, we will have an assessment on the way out, and in between the prisons will make do. Nothing will come of all this moving around of information, decision-making and shifting the decisions from where they should be taken, which is next door to the person concerned in the prison.