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Debate between Nick Boles and Matthew Offord
Thursday 26th March 2015
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The Minister for Skills and Equalities (Nick Boles)
What we are doing is investing more in apprenticeships than any previous Government, and apprenticeships create lab technicians and nursery nurses—[Interruption.] They do. They are very successful, and they are much more valuable than full-time college courses. An apprenticeship for a nursery nurse or a lab technician is a much better way to go for a young person than any other.
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con)
Although the Department has created many opportunities for business, one of the biggest concerns in my constituency is late payments to small business. What steps have the Government taken to address that problem?