Education and Skills Commission

Introduction

The Education and Skills Commission addresses the challenges and developments in education and has a wide policy remit including early years education and childcare, schools, further and higher education, adult skills, looked after children and youth policy.

It considers current issues from Early years provision, including Sure Start and nursery provision, to school standards, school reform, and post 14, 16 and 18 choices for young people as well as apprenticeships, universities the high skill economy and adult skills.

The policy commission has two main roles. As part of the policy development process the commission engages with local Labour parties, Labour’s affiliates and local communities in producing consultation and policy documents. The second main role is to discuss current issues, submissions from the public, the work of government and to give feed back to party members and affiliates.  For more information about the role of the Policy Commission, look at our pages on the Partnership in Power institutions – here.

Membership
Members of the Policy commission are drawn from the National Executive of the Labour Party, Labour’s National Policy Forum and Government.

Co-convenors
Ed Balls MP
Paddy Lillis

Government members
David Lammy MP
Dawn Primarolo MP
Vernon Coaker MP

NEC members
Peter Wheeler
Pete Willsman
Keith Birch
Steph Peacock

National Policy Forum members
Kirsty Connell
Sandra Samuels
Brenda Weston
Fiona Mactaggart MP
John Hannett
Nick Wallis
Brenda Pleasants