Introduction:

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

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.

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
Cath Speight

Government members
John Denham MP
Beverly Hughes MP
Jim Knight MP

NEC members
Peter Wheeler
Pete Willsman
Keith Birch
Steph Peacock

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

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