Plurilingual and Intercultural Education Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Plurilingual and Intercultural Education

Lord Anderson of Swansea Excerpts
Tuesday 18th October 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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Like all Members of the House, I have the deepest respect for the courage of very young women in Iran, in particular, and the process they have led. I am sure my colleagues at the Foreign Office are listening to the noble Lord’s comments.

Lord Anderson of Swansea Portrait Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab)
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My Lords, a knowledge of foreign languages opens doors, particularly for business. What encouragement, in the form of in-service training or financial help, is given to the private sector to work with government in order to ensure that we encourage UK plc to open doors through the use of language?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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Obviously, the Government support continuing professional development for people in work—this includes our commitment to a lifelong loan entitlement—so that we as an economy and as workers within that economy can stay agile to the requirements, whether languages or more broadly.