Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Katrina Murray and Andrew Western

Monday 27th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Western]

Yes, I will.

[Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch) (Lab)]

BriggsAmasco in my constituency invests heavily in apprenticeships for the next generation of mastic asphalt tradespeople. According to BriggsAmasco, only 11 people in that part of Scotland are fully qualified in this work, and the only route to qualifying is through training programmes in England. The only training provider in Scotland stopped accepting apprentices last September. Will the Minister meet me to see if we can find a way to back employers that want to employ, and apprentices who want to train? There is a shortage of workers in that profession.