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Schools Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 12 July 2022. It occurred during Debate on bills on Schools Bill [HL].

My Lords, briefly, I do not know whether the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, taught in a primary school, but social engineering is not a phrase I would associate with them; I would associate imagination, sponges sucking up knowledge and getting excited about things, but not social engineering.

I want to raise another issue on mandatory work experience. The UK shared prosperity fund is a fund of £2.6 billion to develop people and skills. It also trains people to help with careers development. It is managed through the combined mayoral authorities and is for the next three years. I am a little disappointed that there is continuity in the fund for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but in England it has ground to a shuddering halt. We have been told that the money cannot be spent until 2024-25. Can the Minister explain why? That will have repercussions for those who were employed to work on these areas.

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Reference

823 cc1465-6 

Session

2022-23

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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