Budget Resolutions
Debate between Natascha Engel and Lucy Powell
1st reading: House of Commons
Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Tuesday 14th March 2017
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Lucy Powell
Did you call me Lucy Allan, Madam Deputy Speaker? I am very much a Powell.
Labour Members very much welcome any attempt to raise the status of technical and vocational education and the esteem in which it is held, something we began during our time in government. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is often a mix or blend of the technical and the academic—in engineering, digital opportunities, the creative industries or even health and social care—that will be important in the global world of the future, and will she assure the House that people will not be separated at the age of 16?