Group 10. Work based learning (Amendments 16, 22, 23, 24)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:26 pm on 21 November 2017.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 6:26, 21 November 2017

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Perhaps I am the only Member disappointed by that, I don't know. I just wanted to put on record that I am happy to support the amendments in this group and have done so formally. I won’t rehearse the points already touched upon, but I would just say that, previously, the Government has said that they are reluctant to extend this Bill into the private sector when it comes to training providers and work-based training providers, particularly, but, of course, they have done that in terms of nurseries that are in receipt of public funds, and the same principle exists here. That is, there are training providers that receive public funds too, and therefore I do believe that some consistency would be welcome here. And Estyn have also told us, during our evidence gathering, that if you do look at the principle underpinning the Bill, Estyn says that it is difficult to see why this specific group of learners shouldn’t be included. Therefore, I would ask Members to carefully consider the need to support these amendments—not to include work-based training providers within the remit of the Act, but at least to allow Welsh Ministers to do that by Order at some point in the future.