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Leitch Report

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007

14. To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the findings of the Leitch Report on skills. (114162)

I warmly welcome the Leitch review and its stretching skills ambitions for 2020. Its analysis is clear; if we are to compete in the global economy of 2020, we must have a world-class skills base. The Government have accepted the recommendations of the Report; now there must be shared responsibility for delivering the ambition. Employers, individuals and Government must work together to transform the level of investment in skills. We will publish an implementation plan in the context of the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement later this year.