House of Commons – Feb. 25, 2025 – 105

I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill because, while acknowledging the importance of reforming the delivery of skills and technical education, it fails to establish Skills England as a statutory independent body;

because it centralises decision-making power in the hands of the Secretary of State;

because it provides for the abolition of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education without ensuring a legally defined replacement;

and because it lacks provisions to ensure that Skills England is directly accountable to Parliament.”