Robert Halfon
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(8 years, 7 months ago)
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Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)
7. What discussions he has had with industry leaders on increasing social mobility in the public and private sectors.
The Minister without Portfolio (Robert Halfon)
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and for his work in the House on social mobility. In our mission to increase social mobility, we are working with a number of leading businesses and organisations on our plans to improve life chances across the nations. That includes the civil service pushing ahead with the delivery of more than 30,000 of the overall 3 million apprenticeship starts by 2020, introducing name-blind recruitment and leading the development of new national common measures of socioeconomic diversity for employers.
Jeremy Lefroy
As it is vital that the civil service reflects the society that it serves, will my right hon. Friend explain how the Government are acting on the recommendations made in the report of the Bridge group?
Robert Halfon
My hon. Friend will be pleased to know that we are accepting every part of the recommendations of the Bridge report. He will know that we are the party of the ladder, the party of social mobility, the party of the living wage, the party of lower taxes for low earners and the party of millions of apprenticeships and millions of jobs.
Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.