The main subject of the debate is the Crisis in Further Education, the crisis which faces children and young people leaving school within the next five or ten years.
May we have an early debate on the Crisis in Further Education?
May we have a statement from the Secretary of State for Education andEmployment on the Crisis in Further Education?
Will the right hon. Gentleman find Government time for a debate on the current Crisis in Further Education?
The Crisis in Further Education adversely affects its students, lecturers and institutions.
I shall address the subject on the Order Paper: the Crisis in Further Education.
Labour Members bleat about the Crisis in Further Education.
The hon. Members for Sutton and Cheam (Lady Olga Maitland) and for Harrow, West (Mr. Hughes) seemed to deny that there has been a Crisis in Further Education, but this debate is taking place precisely because of the crisis for which the Minister is significantly responsible and which has occasioned deep demoralisation across further education.
The Liberals always say that there is a Crisis in Further Education, but overall FE funding has increased, and nine out of 10 FE colleges have received increased funding.