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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 11 November 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Mandelson.


Skills for Growth

Lords statement on the national skills strategy (Cm 7641).


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
714 c805-18 
Session
2008-09
Department
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Skills for growth: the national skills strategy.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 714 c815 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in welcoming this report, I ask the Secretary of State about those who are now at the bott...
Lord Cotter | 714 c814-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for today’s Statement about skills. It is important to emphasise this...
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Lord Mandelson | 714 c815 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is absolutely right to place this emphasis on careers advice. Two sorts of informatio...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c812-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I straight away join the noble Baroness in congratulating the team at Calgary—she is right...
Baroness Sharp of Guildford | 714 c810-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, from these Benches I also welcome the Statement and I thank the Minister for giving it to ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c814 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend for his encouragement and for what he said about the value of training and t...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c813-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for his remarks. I know that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is pers...
Lord Morris of Handsworth | 714 c814 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join those who have welcomed the Statement. I speak with a declared interest as chancell...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c818 (Link to this contribution) I assure noble Lords that we will do all we possibly can to protect training programmes, courses and...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c815-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for making that point; it was remiss of me not to make it myself...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 714 c816 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I endorse the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Cotter, on the crucial importance of care...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c816 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, for his comments, which I found very educative. I will...
Baroness Wall of New Barnet | 714 c816-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join many other noble Lords in welcoming the Statement. I follow the comments of the nob...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c817 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend. Key to a more intelligent skills system is ensuring that providers...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 714 c817 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State take advantage of this Statement, which I welcome, to confirm that there...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c817 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is absolutely right. We obviously have to talk to our colleagues and co-ordinate ever...
Lord Hunt of Wirral | 714 c808-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as declared in the Register, in particular to my role as ...
Lord Mandelson | 714 c805-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with your Lordships’ permission, I would like to make a Statement on our policies for skil...
Lord Baker of Dorking | 714 c813 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was about to welcome what the Secretary of State said, apart from the last few sentences...
Lord Ramsbotham | 714 c817-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I did not have the advantage of seeing the Statement before hearing it from the Minister, ...
Subjects
Business Apprentices Finance Further education Higher education Public bodies Training Regional development agencies Technicians
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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