Apprenticeships Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Apprenticeships

Baroness Stowell of Beeston Excerpts
Wednesday 4th May 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My Lords, I think that it is the turn of the Cross Benches and then we need to move on.

Lord Aberdare Portrait Lord Aberdare
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My Lords, Carolyn Fairbairn, the director-general of the employers’ organisation, the CBI, said last week that a radical rethink of the plans for the apprenticeship levy is needed if the Government are to meet their target of 3 million new apprenticeships, and that they need to be trialled before a full rollout. What is the Minister’s response to these concerns?