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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 3772

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025

[As Introduced]
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A bill to transfer the functions of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and its property, rights and liabilities, to the Secretary of State; to abolish the Institute; and to make amendments relating to the transferred functions.

Presented by Baroness Smith of Malvern
supported by Bridget Phillipson.
✓ Passed into lawPublicLordsRoyal Assent
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Open Govt visitors' votes560 votes
53% Aye · 29448% No · 266

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MPs' vote366 MPs
83% Ayes · 30417% Noes · 62

Commons division: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords]: Third Reading, 31 March 2025

Gap between site voters and MPs

30 percentage points, a wide gap

How the Lords voted

1 formal vote in the House of Lords on this bill, newest first.

These are the occasions when peers formally divided and every vote was recorded. Most decisions in the Lords, including on many amendments, are agreed without a recorded vote, so they do not appear here.

  • 5 February 2025Government defeated

    Baroness Barran moved amendment 15, in clause 11, page 4, line 22, to leave out “on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint” and insert “at the end of the period of one year beginning on the day on which Skills England is created”.

    Peers' vote310 peers
    Content · 183Not content · 127

    Conservative 127 content, 0 not content · Labour 0 content, 120 not content · Liberal Democrat 39 content, 0 not content · Crossbench 8 content, 6 not content · Democratic Unionist Party 4 content, 0 not content · Non-affiliated 3 content, 1 not content · Green Party 1 content, 0 not content · Ulster Unionist Party 1 content, 0 not content

Lords votes last updated 18 October 2026. Source: UK Parliament Lords Votes API.

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Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading12 Feb 2025
  • 2nd reading25 Feb 2025
  • Committee stage13 Mar 2025
  • Report stage31 Mar 2025
  • 3rd reading31 Mar 2025

Lords

  • 1st reading9 Oct 2024
  • 2nd reading22 Oct 2024
  • Committee stage21 Nov 2024
  • Report stage5 Feb 2025
  • 3rd reading11 Feb 2025
Royal Assent15 May 2025