Information between 13th April 2025 - 12th June 2025
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30 Apr 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 18 Crossbench Aye votes vs 9 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 157 |
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12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 39 Crossbench Aye votes vs 3 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 272 Noes - 125 |
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12 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 34 Crossbench Aye votes vs 18 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 168 |
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19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 67 Crossbench Aye votes vs 1 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118 |
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2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 57 Crossbench Aye votes vs 4 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Lord Aberdare voted Aye and in line with the House One of 51 Crossbench Aye votes vs 2 Crossbench No votes Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 116 |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Young People’s Media Literacy
Lord Aberdare contributed 1 speech (92 words) Thursday 22nd May 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Lord Aberdare contributed 3 speeches (1,046 words) Committee stage Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Lord Aberdare contributed 1 speech (517 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
Lord Aberdare contributed 1 speech (305 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Public Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)
Lord Aberdare contributed 1 speech (663 words) Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Lord Aberdare speeches from: Electrocardiogram Screening
Lord Aberdare contributed 2 speeches (130 words) Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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30 Apr 2025, 5:10 p.m. - House of Lords "growth. Lord Aberdare was quite " Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Apr 2025, 5:10 p.m. - House of Lords "she has picked up some ideas on skills, I believe. Lord Aberdare has " Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Apr 2025, 5:16 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord, Lord Aberdare, this, of course, would have been a test of Skills England. Whether or not we can turn around the skills gaps " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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30 Apr 2025, 5:17 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Aberdare about coordination. The appointment of the " Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister of State (Education) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 May 2025, 2:30 p.m. - House of Lords "between them and other classrooms. This is not as Lord Aberdare " Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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1 May 2025, 2:45 p.m. - House of Lords "50% cap on a new face schools. Lord Aberdare. I look forward to committee stage which will certainly be interesting and I hope " Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Employment Rights Bill
117 speeches (32,046 words) Committee stage Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) was tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, but has been very ably spoken to by the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech 2: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) name of my noble friend Lady Wolf of Dulwich and pitched so perfectly by my other noble friend Lord Aberdare—I - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) We are grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Aberdare and Lord Knight of Weymouth, and the noble Baronesses - Link to Speech 4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) this evening.I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, notably the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
160 speeches (59,176 words) Thursday 1st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Non-affiliated - Life peer) As the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, has just said, we should want freedoms and for the national curriculum - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) teaching and not place barriers between them and our classrooms.This is not, as the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech 3: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) assemblies, UTCs or retaining the 50% cap on new faith schools, inter alia—pace the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech 4: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, spoke earlier about the value to him of having had a classical education.I - Link to Speech |
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Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]
9 speeches (1,330 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Lord Storey (LD - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, was quite right to say that it is not only about having a set of skills - Link to Speech 2: None In response to the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, the test of Skills England will be whether we can turn - Link to Speech 3: None In response to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, about co-ordination, the appointment - Link to Speech |
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Public Inquiries: Enchancing Public Trust (Statutory Inquiries Committee Report)
35 speeches (15,350 words) Friday 25th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Baroness Berridge (Con - Life peer) I join the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, in saying that, while the decision to create such a committee is - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Finn (Con - Life peer) today, including the noble Baronesses, Lady D’Souza and Lady Grey-Thompson, and the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) responses to inquiries to enhance accountability.In response to the noble Lords, Lord Norton and Lord Aberdare - Link to Speech |
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May. 20 2025
HL Bill 81-V Fifth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE LORD KNIGHT OF WEYMOUTH BARONESS GARDEN OF FROGNAL |
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May. 16 2025
HL Bill 81-IV(Corrected) Fourth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE LORD KNIGHT OF WEYMOUTH BARONESS GARDEN OF FROGNAL |
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May. 15 2025
HL Bill 81-IV Fourth Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE LORD KNIGHT OF WEYMOUTH BARONESS GARDEN OF FROGNAL |
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May. 09 2025
HL Bill 81-III Third Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE LORD KNIGHT OF WEYMOUTH BARONESS GARDEN OF FROGNAL |
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May. 06 2025
HL Bill 81-II Second Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: legal advice for the employee.” 43 Employment Rights Bill Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE |
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Apr. 25 2025
HL Bill 81-I Marshalled list for Committee Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Clause 23 BARONESS WOLF OF DULWICH LORD ABERDARE LORD KNIGHT OF WEYMOUTH 102_ Clause 23, page 43, |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: IfATE bill briefing minutes Found: IfATE Bill Briefing Minutes | 24.02.25 Attendees: Lord Aberdare (Chair) Lord Hampton Pam Cox MP |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Increasing apprenticeship take up in the Transport and Logistics Sector Found: Apprenticeships: Increasing apprenticeship take up in the Transport and Logistics Sector Chair: Lord Aberdare |
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Less Survivable Cancers APPG Document: APPG Session 3 meeting minutes 12.05.25 Found: Chair Charlie Maynard, APPG Co-Chair Lord Moylan, APPG Officer Allison Gardner, APPG Officer Lord Aberdare |
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Less Survivable Cancers APPG Document: APPG Session 2 meeting minutes 2.04.25. Found: Chair Charlie Maynard, APPG Co-Chair Lord Moylan, APPG Officer Allison Gardner, APPG Officer Lord Aberdare |
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Less Survivable Cancers APPG Document: Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the APPG on Less Survivable Cancers 14.1.25 Found: Mierlo MP Melanie Ward MP Apologies from parliamentarians who would like to join the APPG: Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships APPG - Minutes 16.12.24 Found: Lord Aberdare 11. Lord Vaizey 12. Baroness Wolf 13. |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: Inaugural Meeting Minutes Found: Strangleman-Sykes, DGA Group Members Present: • Steve Darling MP (Chair) • Blair McDougall MP • Lord Aberdare |
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Further Education and Lifelong Learning APPG Document: Minutes of APPG Meeting The Skills Act Two years on Tuesday 21 May 2024 Found: Chambers of Commerce, Deputy Director Public Policy Clare Russell - Runshaw College, Principal Lord Aberdare |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: Inquiry into defibrillator access and sudden cardiac arrest survivorship in the UK Found: Meet the Parliamentarians: • Jonathan Gullis MP – Chair • Stephen Hammond MP – Vice Chair • Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Report 2023-24 Found: Lord Aberdare thanked Erica and handed over to Mary Amanuel, Multiverse Apprentice in the NHS. |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships and the Future: What should apprenticeships look like after the General Election? - January 2024 Found: attendance or represented: • Charlotte Nichols MP (Co-Chair) • Lord Baker • Steve Tuckwell MP • Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: AI and Apprenticeships - December 2023 Found: Apprenticeships AI and Apprenticeships 11 December 2023 Room R, Portcullis House Chair: Lord Aberdare |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: Solution Providers Minutes Found: for Defibrillators Solution Providers Date: 24th October 2023 Time: 14.15 – 15.00 Chair: Lord Aberdare |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: First Aid Training Minutes Found: takes by: Lewis Klein, DGA (Secretariat) Members Present: Jonathan Gullis (Chair) Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: September 2023 Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Anna McMorrin MP (Chair), Honor |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: September 2023 Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Anna McMorrin MP (Chair), Honor |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: First Responders and Medical Professionals Minutes Found: Lord Aberdare also welcomed Baroness Finlay to the meeting. |
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Further Education and Lifelong Learning APPG Document: Minutes of APPG Meeting AGM The role of colleges in addressing health social care workforce challenges Monday 12 June 2023 Found: Parliamentarians in attendance Peter Aldous MP Baroness Garden Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Future of Apprenticeships - May 2023 Found: Nichols MP Parliamentarians in Attendance or Represented: • Baroness Garden of Frognal • Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: May 2023 Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Anna McMorrin MP (Chair), Honor |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: May 2023 (including Annual General Meeting) Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Anna McMorrin MP (Chair), Honor |
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Schools, Learning and Assessment APPG Document: Summary note: What knowledge, skills and competencies will be most important for life and work in the 21st century, and how best can they be assessed Found: Time – 2pm Parliamentarians in attendance – • Emma Hardy MP • Lord Watson of Invergowrie • Lord Aberdare |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Personal Experiences Minutes Found: Jonathan Gullis MP asked if Lord Aberdare if he had any contributions. |
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Defibrillators APPG Document: Defibrillator Supply Chain Shortages Minutes Found: takes by: Tamsin Melville, DGA (Secretariat) Members present: Stephen Hammond MP (Vice Chair) Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Degree Apprenticeships and T Levels – December 2022 Found: organisations have adapted virtually to create quality apprenticeships - 8 December 2020 Chair: Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships and Net Zero – November 2022 Found: Jonathan Gullis MP • Office of Richard Holden MP • Lord Baker of Dorking • Toby Perkins MP • Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: November 2022 Found: Her apologies were noted and Lord Aberdare chaired proceedings. |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: November 2022 Found: Her apologies were noted and Lord Aberdare chaired proceedings. |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Widening Participation – Minutes – October 2022 Found: Lord Aberdare took over as Chair as MPs in attendance went to vote. |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: All Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships – 2021-22 Report Launch – July 2022 Found: Lord Aberdare added that it was a superb report and that he agreed with its recommendations and with |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Flexible working and Apprenticeships – June 2022 Found: , Officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Apprenticeships Lord Aberdare welcomed attendees |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeship Levy, Five Years On – May 2022 Found: Lord Aberdare asked what the panellists' priority would be to continue to meet the needs for upskilling |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: How do we make the system work better for SME’s? March 2022 Found: Lord Aberdare added that it would be good to see apprenticeships and SMEs better co - existing. |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: March 2022 Found: Apologies were received from Lord Aberdare and Lord Vaizey. 2. |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: March 2022 Found: Apologies were received from Lord Aberdare and Lord Vaizey. 2. |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: February 2022 Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP (Chair), Sion Davies (Office |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: February 2022 (including Annual General Meeting) Found: Attendees of the meeting were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP (Chair), Sion Davies (Office |
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Further Education and Lifelong Learning APPG Document: Meeting Minutes of APPG Meeting with Skills Minster Burghart 11 Jan 2022 Found: Question from Lord Aberdare (C/B): Asked what plans are in place to monitor how this is all working? |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Plugging the construction skills gap with apprenticeships, January 2022 Found: Lord Aberdare asked how apprenticeships could be made more flexible to SME’s, and who should make it |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: APPG Apprenticeships MOD – Inquiry Report 2022 Found: Catherine McKinnell MP Jim McMahon MP Karin Smyth MP Theresa Villiers MP Baroness Garden of Frognal Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: September 2021 Found: Apologies were received from Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Lord Clement-Jones, Baroness Wilcox of Newport |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: September 2021 Found: Apologies were received from Lord Aberdare, Lord Clancarty, Lord Clement-Jones, Baroness Wilcox of Newport |
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Further Education and Lifelong Learning APPG Document: Meeting Minutes AGM and Colleges Role in Unemployment APPG on FE and Lifelong Learning 09 06 21 Found: Great Grimsby Conservative Stephen Farry MP, North Down, Alliance Party Peers Lord Puttnam Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: June 2021 Found: Attendees were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP (Chair), Sion Davies (Office of Simon Baynes |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: June 2021 Found: Attendees were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP (Chair), Sion Davies (Office of Simon Baynes |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships and mental health, May 2021 Found: Amazing Apprenticeships • Katie Parslow, Degree Apprentice, Warner Media Also in attendance: Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Hindering or Helping? The impact of T-Levels and FE Reform on apprenticeships and upskilling, March 2021 Found: International and Regional Partnerships, Uni of Salford Also in attendance: Baroness Garden of Frognal, Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: March 2021 Found: Attendees were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP, Sion Davies (Office of Simon Baynes MP), |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: March 2021 Found: Attendees were as follows: Lord Aberdare, Simon Baynes MP, Sion Davies (Office of Simon Baynes MP), |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Ask the Apprentice Panel to mark National Apprenticeships Week, February 2021 Found: Baroness Hollins, Lord Aberdare Karin Smyth MP welcomed attendees, thanked the Minister for attending |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: AGM & How do we ensure that apprenticeships help young people into employment as the UK continues its economic recovery?, January 2021 Found: Villiers MP, Stephen Timms MP, Kim Johnson MP, James Daly MP, Lord Young of Notting Green, Lord Fox, Lord Aberdare |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: Meeting: January 2021 Found: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Vaizey of Didcot, Sharon Hodgson MP, Jack Lopresti MP and |
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Performing Arts Education and Training APPG Document: January 2021 Found: Lord Aberdare, Lord Clement-Jones, Lord Vaizey of Didcot, Sharon Hodgson MP, Jack Lopresti MP and |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: How organisations have adapted virtually to create quality apprenticeships, December 2020 Found: organisations have adapted virtually to create quality apprenticeships - 8 December 2020 Chair: Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: How do apprenticeships support career progression?, October 2020 Found: Apprenticeships and Part -time programmes at WMG, University of Warwick Also in attendance: Lord Aberdare |
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Music Education APPG Document: APPG for Music Education AGM Found: and Registered Contact: Diana Johnson MP Co-Chair: Lord Black Vice-Chairs: Earl of Clancarty, Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships Careers Advice in Schools, February 2020 Found: Jack Lopresti MP, Stephen Farry MP, Jane Stevenson MP, Jonathan Gullis MP, Mike Amesbury MP, Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: AGM & Careers Post-Apprenticeship, January 2020 Found: Heathrow, Team Administrator Also in attendance: Baroness Garden, Lord Young of Norwood Green, Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Lessons from abroad, sharing best practice (AGM), October 2019 Found: coming year: • Andrew Jones MP • Vince Cable MP • Jim McMahon MP • Catherine McKinnell MP • Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Diversity, Disability and Apprenticeships – what more needs to be done to support people with disabilities into apprenticeships, March 2019 Found: Parliamentarians present: Lord Young of Norwood Green Gillian Keegan MP Jim Shannon MP Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Parents, teachers, friends – Raising the esteem of apprenticeships in education, February 2019 Found: MP , Lord Young of Norwood Green, Emma Hardy MP, Baroness Garden of Frognal, Lord Lucas and Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: 4IR and career development – What skills do we need in education to prepare future generations, January 2019 Found: University of Warwick and Kathryn Gomme, Apprenticeship Program Lead at KPMG Officers Present: Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: 4IR and the Workforce, November 2018 Found: Head of education and skills policy, CBI Parliamentarians present: Baroness Garden of Frognal, Lord Aberdare |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Brexit: Opportunities and Challenges, October 2018 March 2018 meeting minutes Found: Parliamentarians present: Lord Aberdare, Lord Young of Norwood Green, Opening the meeting Professor |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: DFT Year of Engineering – how can we get more women into engineering apprenticeships and other sectors?, January 2018 Found: Vice-Chair of the APPG, Lord Aberdare asked about smaller businesses and apprenticeships and said that |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Apprenticeships APPG Annual Report 2015-2016 Found: Chair ■ Seema Kennedy MP Vice Chair ■ John Howell MP Vice Chair ■ John Woodcock MP Vice Chair ■ Lord Aberdare |