Debate on Thursday, 28 June 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Leitch. The answering member was Lord Adonis.

Skills Base

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the development of the United Kingdom's skills base. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 693 c698-744
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department for Education and Skills
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hunt of Wirral | 693 c702-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, first, on his historic report and, secondly, o...; Lord Leitch | 693 c698-702 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the development of the United Kingdom’s skills base; and to move for Paper...; Lord Dearing | 693 c712-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in a book published 17 years ago, Sir John Cassels, a chairman of the Manpower Services Co...; Lord Cotter | 693 c711-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, thanks go to the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, for this excellent report and for initiating tod...; Baroness Valentine | 693 c716-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, for placing skills firmly on the pu...; Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 693 c714-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted to contribute to today’s debate and to join colleagues and noble Lords who ...; Lord Low of Dalston | 693 c707 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am just doing that. The prize is greater than simply increased productivity and employm...; Baroness Crawley | 693 c707 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may ask the noble Lord to draw his remarks to a close.; Lord Sheikh | 693 c709-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, on his presentation today and his excellent re...; Lord Low of Dalston | 693 c705-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, on securing the de...; Lord Newby | 693 c703-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, on securing this debate and thank him fo...; Lord Bhattacharyya | 693 c719-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Leitch for securing this important debate. He has produced su...; Baroness Prosser | 693 c720-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Leitch for calling for this debate. I shall address my ...; Lord Bilston | 693 c717-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government have shown a greater commitment to further education and skills than any pr...; Lord Sawyer | 693 c725-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Leitch, both on leading the debate and on...; Lord Ramsbotham | 693 c727-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am one of those people who believes that the only natural resource that every nation has...; Lord Bilimoria | 693 c722-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, for the huge amount of work he has done in this are...; Lord Haskel | 693 c724-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend on his report. He and other noble Lords call for a fo...; Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 693 c732-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, not only on initiating this extremely go...; Baroness Lockwood | 693 c728-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that my noble friend Lord Leitch must feel encouraged by the response to his imp...; Lord Rowlands | 693 c730-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is it not very sad that in 2007 we are still bedevilled by the vocational and academic div...; Baroness Morris of Bolton | 693 c734-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me the greatest pleasure to thank the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, for introducing th...; Lord Adonis | 693 c737-44 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House is indebted to my noble friend Lord Leitch, not only for opening this debate, bu...; Lord Leitch | 693 c744 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for speaking with such eloquence, expertise and conviction on such...; Baroness Morris of Yardley | 693 c707-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Leitch, on securing the debate, although I suspect tha...
Subjects: Apprentices Adult education Higher education Learning disability Qualifications Training Vocational guidance Trade unions Skilled workers Vocational education Literacy Basic skills Numeracy Skills in the UK Independent Review Train to gain programme National skills academies UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
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