Gavin Williamson
Main Page: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - South Staffordshire)
Mr Speaker
Order. I remind the Minister that I was not responsible for any such contract at all. I am entirely innocent in the matter.
Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con)
In South Staffordshire in the past year we have had considerable success in attracting engineering manufacturing jobs, but I am constantly being told that we do not have enough engineering graduates coming out of colleges and universities after 13 years of Labour government. What are we doing to rectify that?
Mr Prisk
Absolutely right—what we, rather than yourself, Mr Speaker, are doing about it is making sure that we have apprenticeships in place and that we put vocational education, which was neglected by the Labour party, back on a proper footing. We are also making sure that people are able to transfer between engineering firms. There is good news to be told.