Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Halfon Excerpts
Monday 28th November 2011

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con)
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6. What assessment he has made of the effect of work experience programmes on employment prospects.

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)
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8. What assessment he has made of the effect of work experience programmes on employment prospects.

David Amess Portrait Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con)
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9. What assessment he has made of the effect of work experience programmes on employment prospects.

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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I pay tribute to the staff of Jobcentre Plus in my hon. Friend’s constituency for their part in delivering a successful scheme. I will be delighted, the next time I am in Suffolk, to drop in with him to meet and pay tribute to them for what they have done.

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that work experience schemes need to progress to apprenticeships, and will he support the scheme I am working on with the charity New Deal for the Mind, Harlow college and Essex county council, which aims to employ genuine apprentices in Parliament?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I am very happy to support and pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s efforts. He is a model example of how an individual Member of Parliament can make a real difference by identifying an area where they can transform people’s prospects. His work on apprenticeships is a credit to him and to the House.