Post-18 Education

Eddie Hughes Excerpts
Tuesday 20th February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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As the hon. Gentleman will know, there has been some great progress in widening access in terms of social class and, for example, in terms of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds going on to university. The access programmes that universities run are part of the reason for that. The director of fair access enables us to strengthen that further, learn from what works best and ensure that we spread best practice.

Eddie Hughes Portrait Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)
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We need to build 300,000 houses a year in this country. Does my right hon. Friend therefore agree that a high-quality apprenticeship in construction is an excellent alternative to incurring any debt through a university course?