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The City & Guilds of London Institute welcomes the Report and Recommendations of the RVQ Working Group as a major contribution to the continuing development of a more rational system for training and educational qualifications to meet the needs of industry and commerce. The proposals for a National Council for Vocational Qualifications, responsible to a single Minister, meet the long‐expressed wishes of many parts of the education and training services; City & Guilds will co‐operate fully with the new body and give it every support during the years ahead. The establishment of NCVQ will ensure continuing progress towards a competence‐based system of vocational qualifications along the lines already introduced in many City & Guilds schemes and skills tests. The suggested framework for vocational qualifications provides an opportunity to enhance access, progress and transfer within and between training and education routes. With its acknowledged expertise in assessment techniques and its proven research resources, City & Guilds has a significant contribution to make to the new system. Over the next few months, the Report and Recommendations will receive detailed consideration to establish how best that contribution may be made and how, within the proposed system, existing co‐operation with other validating and examining bodies may be strengthened.