Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Rob Marris Excerpts
Monday 4th July 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Mr Gibb
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and one of the key goals of the Careers and Enterprise Company is to increase that engagement with business. The CBI’s recent report found that 77% of businesses valued foreign language skills and that nearly one third rated Mandarin as a useful language.

Rob Marris Portrait Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)
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Will the Minister make sure that Punjabi continues to be available at GCSE for many years to come?

Nick Gibb Portrait Mr Gibb
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Yes, I can make that commitment.