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Apprenticeships

Debate on Monday, 19 December 2011, in the House of Commons, led by John Hayes. The answering member was Gordon Marsden.
Debate on a motion that this House has considered the matter of apprenticeships. Motion lapsed.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
537 c1105-68 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Education
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 537 c1150 (Link to this contribution) Ten Members wish to speak and there are 40 minutes remaining. My maths suggests it is four minutes e...
Speaker | 537 c1143 (Link to this contribution) Order. To accommodate more Members, the time limit on speeches is being reduced to five minutes.

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Speaker | 537 c1115 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the other Front-Bench speaker I inform Members, so that they can get ready, tha...
Robert Buckland | 537 c1158-9 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in a debate that has been wide ranging, informative and extremely usef...
Richard Graham | 537 c1157-8 (Link to this contribution) What a pleasure it is to join this vital debate on one of my favourite subjects—apprenticeships. I s...
Martin Vickers | 537 c1156-7 (Link to this contribution) I must compliment the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, my hon. Friend t...
Karen Buck | 537 c1161-4 (Link to this contribution) We have enjoyed a thoughtful debate this evening with contributions from both sides of the House tha...
Tim Loughton | 537 c1164-8 (Link to this contribution) This has been a good-humoured and well attended debate at a time when the press would have us believ...
Sheryll Murray | 537 c1159-60 (Link to this contribution) I am proud to be part of a Government who have seen the biggest boost ever in the number of apprenti...
Priti Patel | 537 c1160-1 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Government on demonstrating their commitment to supporting opportunity and job creatio...
Oliver Colvile | 537 c1155-6 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for inviting me to speak in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I shall begin by setting o...
Lord Evans of Rainow | 537 c1154-5 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased to have a chance to speak in this debate, which is very timely given the recent fo...
Jane Ellison | 537 c1153-4 (Link to this contribution) I will not, but only for the sake of others who wish to speak. I do not wish to be discourteous. To...
Jane Ellison | 537 c1153 (Link to this contribution) It is that time of the evening when we are almost reduced to ““name, rank and serial number””. I sha...
David Morris | 537 c1151-3 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in such an important debate. Apprenticeships ...
Iain Stewart | 537 c1150-1 (Link to this contribution) It would be remiss of me not to add the votes of the Milton Keynes South jury to the league table of...
Justin Tomlinson | 537 c1149 (Link to this contribution) One of the biggest challenges that micro-businesses face is that of accessing information on providi...
Neil Parish | 537 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Individuals in small and micro-businesses usually work very hard ...
Adrian Bailey | 537 c1132 (Link to this contribution) I was not going to make that claim. In fact, the Minister raises an important point. I would not in ...
Nigel Adams | 537 c1132-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey), and I shall try to ke...
Adrian Bailey | 537 c1130-1 (Link to this contribution) In opening the debate, the Minister said that he has put apprenticeships at the heart of this Govern...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 537 c1129-30 (Link to this contribution) I would definitely commend the hon. Gentleman's local city council. I also suggest that the payment...
Adrian Bailey | 537 c1131-2 (Link to this contribution) I am glad the hon. Gentleman made that intervention, because it allows me to point out that under th...
John Glen | 537 c1131 (Link to this contribution) I have been listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman's remarks. He seemed to suggest that the previ...
Robin Walker | 537 c1129 (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Lady recommend the initiative taken by Worcester city council? A small subsidy can, i...
Baroness Burt of Solihull | 537 c1129 (Link to this contribution) Apprenticeships are one of the key tools we as a Government have at our disposal both to tackle yout...
Steve Rotheram | 537 c1139-40 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. We tried to push the Government on that. The old rule of thumb used to ...
Derek Twigg | 537 c1139 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the recently announced construction projects that the Government supp...
Steve Rotheram | 537 c1138-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome tonight's debate on this very important instrument in tackling unemployment in Britain tod...
Chris Kelly | 537 c1136-8 (Link to this contribution) I should start by declaring an interest as a non-executive director of my family's business, which h...
Nicholas Dakin | 537 c1135-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his intervention. He is right to say that where there is success it needs t...
John Hayes | 537 c1135 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to say that most of the growth has been in that area and he is right to ...
Nicholas Dakin | 537 c1134-5 (Link to this contribution) As we have heard, there is substantial consensus across the House that apprenticeships are a good th...
Nigel Adams | 537 c1134 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. It is important that we have quality apprenticeships to ensure...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 537 c1134 (Link to this contribution) May I take this opportunity to observe that in the north-east we have seen a rise from 535 to 860 en...
Stuart Andrew | 537 c1143-5 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in this very important debate. Being unemployed is a terrifying exper...
Caroline Dinenage | 537 c1146-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this incredibly important debate. I have learned ...
Jim Shannon | 537 c1145-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to stand here and speak about this issue. Apprenticeships are very important in m...
Neil Parish | 537 c1149 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Andrew Griffiths), who rightly pointed out...
Andrew Griffiths | 537 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) I begin by directing colleagues to my entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, and by ...
Neil Carmichael | 537 c1141 (Link to this contribution) I should like to celebrate the work of Dr Beri Hare in promoting engineering and manufacturing at St...
Henry Smith | 537 c1140-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Steve Rotheram), a former apprent...
Iain McKenzie | 537 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) In the current economic climate for young people, this debate is very welcome. I speak with experien...
Henry Smith | 537 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, further education colleges and those who work so tirelessly in them are making a significan...
Speaker | 537 c1105 (Link to this contribution) We come now to the motion relating to apprenticeships, and to move the motion I call the Minister fo...
John Hayes | 537 c1105 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of apprenticeships." Mr Speaker, the other...
Barry Sheerman | 537 c1105-6 (Link to this contribution) The Minister knows and is quite right that all Members are in favour of apprenticeships, but we are ...
John Hayes | 537 c1106 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been a long-standing advocate of apprenticeships, and he rightly draws attent...
Andrew Turner | 537 c1106 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating HTP Training, an Isle of Wight apprenticeship provider...
John Hayes | 537 c1108-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has a lot to be pleased about in respect of apprenticeships; as he will know, in his ...
John Hayes | 537 c1107 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is renowned for his insight, and I had thought until today that he was equally re...
Lord Harrington of Watford | 537 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) SQI in Watford offers 10-week apprenticeship courses followed by 10-week placements. They lead to 85...
John Hayes | 537 c1107 (Link to this contribution) That is the kind of testing question and penetrating intervention that I expected during this debate...
Barry Sheerman | 537 c1107 (Link to this contribution) Some of us sometimes try to get the Minister to be cross with us because he is always so polite and ...
Barry Sheerman | 537 c1110 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I share a great admiration for the poet John Clare. I am still waiting for a ...
John Hayes | 537 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) The answer is that I do not know; in these circumstances, it is always right to be straightforward. ...
Adrian Bailey | 537 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his customary courtesy in giving way. I welcome the announcement about prov...
John Hayes | 537 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I happily give way to the Chairman of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee.
John Hayes | 537 c1112-3 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that in his constituency of Burton, apprenticeship numbers have risen by 76...
Sajid Javid | 537 c1113 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that my hon. Friend is setting out plans to increase higher apprenticeships, because for m...
John Hayes | 537 c1113-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to be excessively critical of the previous Government. I made that clear at the outset...
Toby Perkins | 537 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I am very keen that the hon. Gentleman should get all the credit that he can. On that note, will he ...
Speaker | 537 c1111 (Link to this contribution) This is the season of good will, so I am pleading for good will from hon. Members in making short in...
John Hayes | 537 c1111 (Link to this contribution) Yes, Madam Deputy Speaker; I must not allow my legendary generosity to prevent Members from contribu...
Andrew Griffiths | 537 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister share my concern that the new requirement for maths and English to be part of the ...
Steve Rotheram | 537 c1114 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I can help by saying that in 1995-96, the number of young people starting an apprenticeship ...
John Hayes | 537 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I wondered whether the hon. Gentleman might ask that question because I know of his genuine and deep...
John Hayes | 537 c1114-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is a former apprentice and is passionate about the subject, and on that basis I d...
John Hayes | 537 c1118 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to intervene too frequently on the hon. Gentleman, because a lot of colleagues want to...
Gordon Marsden | 537 c1115-8 (Link to this contribution) I know that in certain quarters—some of the more world-weary denizens of the 21st century—the Minist...
Jane Ellison | 537 c1123 (Link to this contribution) On that very point, I hope the shadow Minister will join me in congratulating the Mayor of London, w...
Gordon Marsden | 537 c1123-4 (Link to this contribution) Given that I have talked about Scrooge and ““A Christmas Carol””, let me say that Dickens would have...
Gordon Marsden | 537 c1118-23 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not agree. I hear what the Minister has to say, and I accept that he and colleagues have ma...
John Hayes | 537 c1125 (Link to this contribution) I should be delighted to do so.
Stephen McPartland | 537 c1124-5 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the Minister and the shadow Minister, and I am grateful to you, Madam Dep...
Stephen McPartland | 537 c1125 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. My constituency also contains a couple of accountancy firms that are taking o...
Iain McKenzie | 537 c1125 (Link to this contribution) There used to be an abundance of welders on the Clyde, in the area I represent, but there is no long...
Stephen McPartland | 537 c1126 (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting point. As is clear from my accent, I do not have much knowledge of the Clyde,...
Damian Collins | 537 c1126 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend think that there is a role for local government? Shepway district council in my ...
Stephen McPartland | 537 c1126 (Link to this contribution) I think that there is a role for everyone to take on as many apprentices as possible. Some young peo...
Andrew Griffiths | 537 c1127 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is shocking that manufacturing declined faster under the last ...
Paul Blomfield | 537 c1127-8 (Link to this contribution) I invite the hon. Gentleman to come to Sheffield to see the real consequences of Mrs Thatcher's poli...
Damian Collins | 537 c1128 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to plug my district council in Shepway again, but it has developed a service to local ...
Paul Blomfield | 537 c1128-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome such initiatives, while also recognising that many local authorities—such as mine in Sheff...
John Hayes | 537 c1132 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is the Chairman of the Select Committee and I know that he would not want to pres...
Paul Blomfield | 537 c1126 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Minister's commitment to a spirit of bipartisanship in the debate, but I hope he will ...
Subjects
Apprentices
Standards
Training
Young people
Unemployment
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