Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Sheryll Murray Excerpts
Thursday 23rd January 2014

(10 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sheryll Murray Portrait Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con)
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2. What steps he is taking to ensure that apprenticeships respond to employers’ needs.

Matt Hancock Portrait The Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock)
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Our apprenticeship reforms are responding to the needs of employers by putting them in the driving seat. Trailblazers, led by employers and professional bodies, is leading the way in developing new standards in a wide range of sectors.

Sheryll Murray Portrait Sheryll Murray
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Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating the 300 in 100 campaign in Cornwall on its aim to get 300 new apprenticeships in 100 days? I participated in the campaign in St Mellion a few weeks ago along with many employers in my constituency.

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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I would love to congratulate my hon. Friend, who has teamed up with other MPs across Cornwall, including my hon. Friends the Members for Camborne and Redruth (George Eustice), for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) and for St Ives (Andrew George) and many others. Many Members of this House have been part of the 100 in 100 campaigns to get 100 apprentices in 100 days, and Cornwall is taking it just that bit further.