Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Ansell and Damian Hinds

Tuesday 27th October 2015 Commons Chamber

[Damian Hinds]

The hon. Lady is right to identify the importance of skills, and that is why human development is absolutely at the heart of the productivity plan. The apprenticeship levy is a really important structural reform to help the delivery of 3 million apprenticeships. Then there is the network of institutes of technology and all the excellent work being done in the Department for Education, working on basic skills, including English and maths, which we know are vital and of such high value in the marketplace to both employers and employees.

[Caroline Ansell (Eastbourne) (Con)]

13. What plans he has to raise the personal allowance during this Parliament.