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Andrew Bridgen

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Tuesday 11th June 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Lateral thinking, I say to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen). Solar power and engineering are not altogether unrelated; with a degree of imagination, the hon. Gentleman could shoehorn his inquiry into this matter.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
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22. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does my hon. Friend agree that we should be doing more to enhance technical education and engineering, and that one of the best ways to do that will be with T-levels? What impact does he think they will have?

Chris Skidmore Portrait Chris Skidmore
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There are currently around 400,000 green jobs in the UK, and that number could more than quadruple to 2 million by 2030, so it is vital that we invest in skills. One of my priorities is to set out our mission to invest in technology for the future.

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