Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Esther McVey Excerpts
Monday 27th February 2012

(12 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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If I had known that on Thursday night when I was in Hull I might have told my audience. I didn’t, so I couldn’t, but never mind.

Esther McVey Portrait Esther McVey (Wirral West) (Con)
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Having done much work in career guidance and helping young people to enter work, I am now working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to do real-life pilot schemes with real-life business advisers. Could I meet the Minister so that we can have the best cross-departmental support for that scheme?

John Hayes Portrait Mr Hayes
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It is absolutely right that we should have that, and to understand that the business of providing information, advice and guidance is about giving people the wherewithal to know that the choices they make will affect their future prospects, how they will do so and how we can help. I am determined that such empirical, independent advice and guidance should be available to all. It is about redistributing advantage.