Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Courts Excerpts
Tuesday 6th November 2018

(6 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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What the Chancellor announced in his Budget speech is the fact that we are giving employers more flexibility over apprenticeships, which they have asked for, and we are seeing more and more people going into high-level apprenticeships under this Government.

Robert Courts Portrait Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
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West Oxfordshire businesses are thriving, but they are clear that their major challenge is access to people with the right skills. Will the Minister please give an update on the national retraining scheme and how that will help?