Adjournment debate on Thursday, 2 February 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Bill Rammell. The answering member was John Hayes.

Further and Higher Education (Employer Engagement)

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on employer engagement in further and higher education.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 442 c145-80WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for Education and Skills
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: David Drew | 442 c151WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for missing the first few minutes of my hon. Friend's speech. Will he have a word with h...; Bill Rammell | 442 c151WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman anticipates the next couple of things I was going to say. It is crucial that we...; John Hayes | 442 c151WH (Link to this contribution) : I appreciate the Minister's comments on the Foster report. He is right about the essential link be...; Bill Rammell | 442 c148-51WH (Link to this contribution) : I accept the hon. Gentleman's integrity in raising that matter. The programme is developing and is...; Bill Rammell | 442 c146WH (Link to this contribution) : I am aware of the work that the institute undertakes. The hon. Gentleman has mentioned it before. ...; Peter Bone | 442 c146WH (Link to this contribution) One of the first visits that I made as a Member of Parliament was to Tresham institute in my constit...; Bill Rammell | 442 c146-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I am happy to. The picture is much more complicated. First, there is no way in which the Governmen...; John Hayes | 442 c147WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister cannot be allowed to get away with that. He knows that the skills for life programme, w...; Bill Rammell | 442 c147-8WH (Link to this contribution) : It is clear that, if what one might describe as stepping-stone provision—the courses that get some...; John Hayes | 442 c148WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister is far too intelligent to resort to such a primitive line of attack. He knows that we...; Lord Horam | 442 c148WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?; Bill Rammell | 442 c148WH (Link to this contribution) : Forgive me. I do not know about being primitive, but if the hon. Gentleman asks me to spend more G...; Lord Horam | 442 c148WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister has been very good about giving way. He mentioned the training broker programme, whic...; Bill Rammell | 442 c148WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, for the last time, and then I shall make some progress.; Bill Rammell | 442 c146WH (Link to this contribution) : There is evidence that Indian graduates, whether they are educated in India or in thiscountry, hav...; Annette Brooke | 442 c146WH (Link to this contribution) I was interested in what the Minister said about the Indian experience. Will he comment on the type ...; Bill Rammell | 442 c145-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I am pleased to have the opportunity to lead this important debate. It used to be the view on the ...; Philip Hollobone | 442 c146WH (Link to this contribution) May I mention the Tresham institute, which has campuses in my constituency and the neighbouring cons...; Boris Johnson | 442 c170WH (Link to this contribution) : I confess some perplexity at my hon. Friend's metaphor. Surely the tank is getting fuller and full...; John Hayes | 442 c167-70WH (Link to this contribution) What an immense pleasure it is, Mr. Amess, to contribute to a debate under your chairmanship, and ho...; Annette Brooke | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; John Hayes | 442 c170-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I do not want to get into hot water by rising to my hon. Friend's intervention and having to expla...; Boris Johnson | 442 c158-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for supplying me with the parable. The story that I had in mind wa...; John Hayes | 442 c157-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I am reluctant to interrupt my hon. Friend's eloquent flow, but it is important to get the scriptu...; Clive Efford | 442 c163-7WH (Link to this contribution) I shall speak mainly about my local further education college, but before that I want to pay tribute...; Annette Brooke | 442 c159-63WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, start by agreeing with most of what the Minister said. I hope that we will have a stimulatin...; John Hayes | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : I am delighted to give way. Never waste an opportunity to bait a Liberal.; Annette Brooke | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : It would be enlightening if the hon. Gentleman could tell us the current policy thinking of the Co...; Bill Rammell | 442 c152-4WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend is right. Improving apprenticeship completion rates is a key priority for us. We ha...; David Drew | 442 c152WH (Link to this contribution) : On apprenticeships specifically, I have evidence of employers that are committed to modern apprent...; Bill Rammell | 442 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) : I take my hon. Friend's point. I assure him categorically that I am in regular conversation with m...; Boris Johnson | 442 c157WH (Link to this contribution) : I see the Minister nodding, and that is a great relief to me. Sometimes, we labour under that pret...; Boris Johnson | 442 c154-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Minister on securing this important debate and on the great verve with which he s...; Bill Rammell | 442 c157WH (Link to this contribution) indicated assent.; John Hayes | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend the Member for Henley and I are fully signed up Cameroons, so the hon. Gentleman ca...; Clive Efford | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I just could not resist the temptation. If there is about to ...; John Hayes | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : Hon. Members are trying to make me digress, but that will earn your anger, or at least your rebuke...; Clive Efford | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the hon. Gentleman give way?; John Hayes | 442 c178WH (Link to this contribution) : We know that 75 per cent. of young people, roughly speaking, are in education or training and, fro...; Bill Rammell | 442 c176-8WH (Link to this contribution) : As we move forward with the roll-out of the diplomas, we are working proactively with higher educa...; Annette Brooke | 442 c176WH (Link to this contribution) : What plans does the Minister have to get parity between A-levels and the new diplomas?; Bill Rammell | 442 c173-6WH (Link to this contribution) : With the leave of the House, I shall take this opportunity to sum up the debate. I agree with the ...; John Hayes | 442 c173WH (Link to this contribution) : I can see that I have upset the hon. Lady; she cannot deny it. My friendly jibe has enlivened her,...; Bill Rammell | 442 c178WH (Link to this contribution) : I am not going to quote those figures off the top of my head. Once the figures for the number of p...; Bill Rammell | 442 c180WH (Link to this contribution) : We are funding them properly. However, there has been a tendency over a number of years for people...; Boris Johnson | 442 c180WH (Link to this contribution) : Fund them properly.; Bill Rammell | 442 c178-80WH (Link to this contribution) : I do reflect on such issues, and it is welcome to debate them. I do not think that the proportion ...; John Hayes | 442 c178WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister gives a very interesting analysis, and I am brainstormed to some degree. I wonder whe...
Subjects: Employment Further education Higher education Training Skilled workers STEM subjects
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Further and Higher Education (Employer Engagement)

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