My only excuse is that, as I explained, I am a bit underbriefed, having been thrown into the spotlight. I am also working from an earlier version. Since the Minister was in a not dissimilar situation in the previous group, perhaps she will bank my comments and reply to them at the appropriate point, if that would be convenient for her. Amendment 49H will come up later.
I want to endorse the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, and, in a previous group of amendments, by my noble friend Lady Corston in relation to quality. There will be a transition to the new scenario sketched out in the Bill and put into force by the Act, but at the moment we are starting from a very low background. There are good areas of activity. We have all heard about Crossrail’s good record on this, and there are other employers who do a lot of good. The Olympics are a gold standard for the aspirations we have in his area. However, these groups make the point that it will be important to try to find a way of bridging between the current system and the new system so that only good-quality apprenticeships that extend learning and training opportunities for the young people taking them will be able to benefit from them.