Lewis was responding to charges that the LSC's Entry to Employment scheme (e2e) was no longer open to young people who couldn't finish the course in 20 weeks.
Lewis said: "Many young people were put onto the e2e programme who probably should not have been there. If the LSC reaches that conclusion, they have a duty to provide courses for the people in this situation."
Ian Ferguson, chairman of the LSC's Young People's Learning Committee, said he would gather testimonials from cases where e2e needs were not being met.
"There's a difficult situation that varies from local LSC to local LSC," he said. "It's not good or healthy and we're trying to do what we can about it."
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