All 2 Debates between Robert Halfon and David T C Davies

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Debate between Robert Halfon and David T C Davies
Wednesday 15th September 2021

(3 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)
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6. What steps he is taking to increase the number of apprentices in the Wales Office.

David T C Davies Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (David T. C. Davies)
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We fully support the Government’s apprenticeship scheme. We have employed apprentices in the Wales Office, and our most recent apprentice has just been promoted.

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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Will my hon. Friend set out what he is doing to encourage apprenticeships across Wales? Will he ensure that all new jobs offered in the Wales Office are offered as apprenticeships, not just graduate schemes? Will he ensure that the Wales Office meets the public sector target on apprenticeships?

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Debate between Robert Halfon and David T C Davies
Wednesday 9th December 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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I acknowledge that the hon. Lady’s Welsh is more fluent than mine, and I look forward to her giving me a lesson or two at a future date. The Government are doing a huge amount to ensure support for Welsh digital services in Departments, and importantly, that is about quality, not quantity. She will know that every page of direct.gov.uk—the predecessor to gov.uk—was translated into Welsh. That ran to nearly 4,000 pages, but 95% of them were seen by fewer than 10 people per month, and half received no visits whatsoever. For gov.uk we are starting with user need, and working with Departments to ensure the best service for the user.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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Diolch yn fawr iawn, Mr Llywydd. May I congratulate the Minister on the positive sentiments he is echoing, both literally and figuratively, with regard to the Welsh language? May I remind him that as we are the party that set up Sianel Pedwar Cymru and passed the Welsh Language Act 1993, there is absolutely no doubt about our commitment to the language of heaven?

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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I could not have put it better myself, especially in Welsh.