Adult and Further Education

Baroness Laing of Elderslie Excerpts

Wednesday 5th July 2023 Commons Chamber

[Jane Hunt]

I absolutely agree. I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention.

FE colleges such as Loughborough College are our greatest asset in local communities and the best conduit for social mobility. Let us reform the sector for the future, so that they have the tools and resources in place to make the difference to the lives of their students and to the businesses where they will go on to work. I want to put it in a positive rather than a negative way: yes, we need to look at the money and look at the VAT, but there is such fantastic resource within FE colleges. It is all there to be had. Let us do that, and let us help them.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

I call the shadow Minister.

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[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

The Question necessary to dispose of the motion stands over until 7 o’clock under Standing Order No. 54. The sitting is therefore suspended until 7 pm.

Question deferred (Standing Order No. 54).