Employment: Market and Coastal Towns

Baroness Sharp of Guildford Excerpts

Tuesday 12th July 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord De Mauley]

My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord’s point about the need for affordable housing, for instance. The Government are well aware of the need for affordable housing in rural, and indeed coastal, communities, and are looking to address this by returning decision-making powers to local councils, giving them greater control over the allocation and tenure of social housing.

[Baroness Sharp of Guildford]

My Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned local enterprise partnerships and local colleges and the importance of the skills agenda. Is he aware that in many cases local colleges are being excluded from local enterprise partnerships?