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Mr. Boswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment for what reasons the proposed White Paper on Lifelong Learning has been modified to Green Paper status. [31691]
Dr. Howells
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State always intended to consult widely on our proposals for lifelong learning. As he planned to issue formal responses to the reports from the Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education and the Further Education Funding Council's Widening Participation Committee, my right hon. Friend decided to publish the Government's lifelong learning proposals in the form of a Green Paper.