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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2015
Trade Union Bill

"Does my hon. Friend remember the Prime Minister’s promise of a bonfire of red tape? Does he believe that this measure makes arrangements more or less bureaucratic for employers and trade unions?..."
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Written Question
Vocational Education
Monday 20th July 2015

Asked by: Steve Rotheram (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of technical education.

Answered by Nick Boles

We will put in place clear professional and technical routes to employment, building on the work of the last parliament to ensure only high quality qualifications are approved for performance tables.

For post-16 students we have introduced Tech Levels and Technical Certificates, all of which are backed by employers, trade or professional bodies and cover most practical careers. Employers will be involved in the delivery or assessment of all technical qualifications from September 2017.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Skills and Growth

"The right hon. Lady mentioned the quality of apprenticeships. The average length of stay on an apprenticeship, as described by the Government, is 10 months. Would she allow somebody with 10 months’ training to build an extension to her home?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Skills and Growth

"Welcome back to your place in the Chamber, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) for her speech and congratulate her on it. I have a great affection for Glasgow as well, and for her predecessor, Anas Sarwar. I also congratulate my hon. Friend …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Skills and Growth

"No. The hon. Gentleman conflates two things, which is exactly what I am trying to highlight. Taking somebody in a job who is getting some training and re-badging them as an apprentice is wrong. That is not an apprenticeship. Most think of an apprenticeship as having a duration of two …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2015
Skills and Growth

"My hon. Friend highlights just one of the anomalies in the funding system for FE colleges. I hope that I will be able to tease out one or two other anomalies in the time remaining.

I believe that we have to be honest about the scale of the problem facing …..."
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Written Question
University Technical Colleges: Liverpool
Tuesday 3rd March 2015

Asked by: Steve Rotheram (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department's funding for a university technical college on the side of the former Anfield Comprehensive School was withdrawn.

Answered by Edward Timpson

In August 2014, approval for the UTC Liverpool Engineering and Logistics project was withdrawn, and the associated funding cancelled. This decision was taken because the Universal Technical College project had made insufficient progress to give the Department for Education confidence that a good quality school would open and flourish. At the time of withdrawal of approval, the preferred location for the UTC was the former Anfield Comprehensive School site.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Apprenticeships

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right about protecting the apprenticeship brand. Level 1 is a pre-apprenticeship entry qualification. Levels 2 and 3 are recognised by the industry. A person cannot go on to a building site with a level 1, but they can with levels 2 and 3...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Apprenticeships

"With regard to proper apprenticeships, it depends on what a person’s qualification is on entry. With a lower qualification threshold, they would do a national vocational qualification level 2, on the way to doing an NVQ level 3. It is not either/or; it is part of an apprenticeship...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Apprenticeships

"Like many hon. Members, in just 92 days I will have reached the end of my first term as an MP. In my mind, it is still inconceivable that I have made it from being an apprentice on a massive building site to being, well, an apprentice on a massive …..."
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