Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 5 March 2014, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.

Vocational Qualifications Reform Plan

Lords statement on the reform plan for vocational qualifications.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 752 cc1339-1349
Session: 2013-14
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2014-0461
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Deposited papers
House of Lords; Deposited Paper DEP2014-0462
Thursday, 20 March 2014
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House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 cc1339-1340 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with the permission of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made in another place by m...; Lord Young of Norwood Green | 752 cc1340-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I confess disappointment at the Statement we have just heard. As the Minister said, thi...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 cc1341-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the picture painted by the noble Lord, Lord Young, is not something that I recognise. H...; Lord Cormack | 752 c1343 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is a national shortage of engineers. What are we doing to encourage young people ...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1343 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend always speaks with great expertise on several areas. He has done so again in draw...; Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 752 c1343 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I raise in particular the advanced apprenticeship in health, which I am steering throug...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1344 (Link to this contribution)
I of course pay tribute to the noble Baroness’s work in this respect. It is exactly as she said: ...; Lord Martin of Springburn | 752 c1344 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister is quite right about the value of mentoring. In a factory where a young pe...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1344 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord again makes a very valid contribution. I have already alluded to the importance of...; Bishop of Chester | 752 c1344 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I warmly welcome the Statement in its intention. Clearly there needs to be a greater fo...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1345 (Link to this contribution)
Again, it will suffice for me to say that the right reverend Prelate also makes very valid points...; Earl of Listowel | 752 c1345 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome what the Minister said, and hope not to tire the House. Is he aware of the work by Nati...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1345 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Earl for his contribution. Of course, he will be aware that one of the other ha...; Lord Stoneham of Droxford | 752 cc1345-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the House may feel that those on the opposition Benches could be a little more generous...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1346 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my noble friend for his support for what the Government are doing. The issues regarding 1...; Lord Howarth of Newport | 752 c1346 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, again and again over the last 50 years, Governments have announced shiny new policies f...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1347 (Link to this contribution)
On a lighter note, when the noble Lord said “This time”, I was reminded of an England football so...; Baroness Shephard of Northwold | 752 c1347 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, might I press my noble friend a little more on the question raised by the noble Lord, L...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1347 (Link to this contribution)
My noble friend speaks with great experience in this regard, particularly about the education sec...; Lord Morris of Handsworth | 752 c1347 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, so far the Statement has concentrated on youth apprenticeships up to the age of 18, and...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1348 (Link to this contribution)
The noble Lord makes a valid point about adult education. Again, our announcements today reflect ...; Lord Ramsbotham | 752 c1348 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister confirm that the new vocational qualifications will be used as the ba...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1348 (Link to this contribution)
If I may, I will write to the noble Lord specifically on that. As I commented earlier, the issue ...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 752 cc1348-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it would be churlish not to acknowledge that the Government have substantially increase...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 752 c1349 (Link to this contribution)
Bearing in mind the time, I totally concur on the second point. I hope that I have already indica...
Subjects: Finance Qualifications Vocational education
Contains statistics: Yes
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Vocational Qualifications Reform Plan

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