Technical and Further Education Bill — Schedule 2 — Education Administration: Transfer Schemes — 9 Jan 2017 at 20:45

The majority of MPs voted not to prevent the assets of a further education body, where more than half were publicly funded, being transferred to a for-profit private company.

MPs were considering the Technical and Further Education Bill^[1].

The amendment rejected in this vote was:

• Amendment 22, page 30, line 39, at end insert—
• “3A The education administrator may not transfer assets of any further education body to a for-profit private company where he or she considers that more than half of the funding of the acquisition of the asset came from public funds.”

The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement:

• This amendment would ensure further education bodies with a track record of accruing assets publicly, could not be transferred to a for-profit private company.

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• [1] Parliament's webpage on the Technical and Further Education Bill

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