Ministerial statement on Thursday, 10 March 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Nick Boles.

Apprenticeships

Statement on apprenticeships.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 607 cc451-465
Session: 2015-16
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Peter Kyle | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his statement. May I point him to a survey that was released not so long...; Nick Boles | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is right to point out that there is a problem with people starting courses and...; Amanda Milling | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
A total of 370 new apprenticeships were started between August and October last year in Cannock C...; Nick Boles | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right about this. It is extremely important not only that employers ...; Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister saying that he meets his colleagues in the devolved Administrations on a s...; Nick Boles | 607 c462 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady tempts me towards the edge of the abyss, but I can point out to her, because it is ...; David Nuttall | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
When will the Institute for Apprenticeships be up and running, and will it have a role in resolvi...; Nick Boles | 607 c460 (Link to this contribution)
Funnily enough, I was an apprentice politician to the hon. Lady when she was the Planning Ministe...; Martin Vickers | 607 c460 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for meeting me and colleagues from the Humber region, along with my hon. Fri...; Nick Boles | 607 c460 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely. One of the reasons that we have established the national college programme is to have...; Tom Brake | 607 c460 (Link to this contribution)
I should like to start by paying tribute to my apprentice, Callum Morton. If the Minister is doli...; Nick Boles | 607 c460 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to pay tribute to the work of the former Secretary of State, with whom I worked. He ma...; Jack Lopresti | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on his statement and I agree with him. I, too, am an evangelical su...; Nick Boles | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
The armed forces really are leading the way on this, and they have done for a very long time. I w...; Stephen Timms | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister should have the grace to acknowledge that it was a Labour Government that saved appr...; Nick Boles | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to place it on record that it was, mainly, Lord Mandelson who reintroduced the idea of...; Nick Boles | 607 c458 (Link to this contribution)
The Institute for Apprenticeships will come into being in a kind of shadow form this spring, afte...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
Finally, I call Mims Davies.; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his evangelical statement.; Nick Boles | 607 cc452-3 (Link to this contribution)
With permission Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about apprenticeships. As you know, ...; Gordon Marsden | 607 cc453-4 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for limited advance sight of the statement. I suppose we should all be grate...; Nick Boles | 607 cc454-5 (Link to this contribution)
It is amusing to be accused in a relatively short statement from the hon. Gentleman of being a Ca...; Wendy Morton | 607 c455 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister’s statement today. Since the election, more than 4,000 apprenticeships hav...; Nick Boles | 607 c455 (Link to this contribution)
It is excellent news to hear how many apprenticeships have been created in my hon. Friend’s const...; Ronnie Cowan | 607 c455 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for an advance copy of his statement. I am a little surprised at the timing,...; Nick Boles | 607 c456 (Link to this contribution)
It is, of course, great news to hear about the Scottish Government’s commitment to apprenticeship...; Richard Drax | 607 c456 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for agreeing to come down to Weymouth shortly to open our third apprentice...; Nick Boles | 607 c456 (Link to this contribution)
Any excuse to go to Weymouth—and I am your man, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am grateful to my hon. Fr...; Iain Wright | 607 c456 (Link to this contribution)
It is always nice to see the Minister and it is always welcome to discuss apprenticeships in this...; Nick Boles | 607 cc456-7 (Link to this contribution)
First, I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for returning to the subject of the public sector targ...; Chloe Smith | 607 c457 (Link to this contribution)
The Prime Minister came to my constituency last August to launch the consultation on the apprenti...; Nick Boles | 607 c457 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, and this provides an opportunity to put on record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for...; Andrew Gwynne | 607 c457 (Link to this contribution)
As the Member responsible for the Apprenticeships and Skills (Public Procurement Contracts) Bill ...; Nick Boles | 607 c457 (Link to this contribution)
I would like to pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s leadership on this issue. Sometimes Governmen...; Jim Shannon | 607 c459 (Link to this contribution)
Last month, it was announced that 1,080 jobs were to be lost at Bombardier and that its three-yea...; Nick Boles | 607 c459 (Link to this contribution)
This is a devolved matter, as the hon. Gentleman knows, but I am happy to reassure him that I hav...; Henry Smith | 607 c459 (Link to this contribution)
I commend my hon. Friend for his statement. Last Friday, I was pleased to host an apprenticeship ...; Nick Boles | 607 c459 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to do that, not least because the employers that my hon. Friend has mentioned demo...; Roberta Blackman-Woods | 607 cc459-460 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister will know that 96% of apprenticeships are delivered at levels 2 and 3. Clearly it is...; Kelly Tolhurst | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister’s statement this morning. I am a big fan of apprenticeships and I am extre...; Nick Boles | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I had a meeting with college leaders just the other day. ...; David Simpson | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the statement from the Minister. We need to encourage companies to take on more apprent...; Nick Boles | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
Obviously I meet English business, employers and colleges a great deal, but many of those employe...; Rishi Sunak | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the Minister’s clear passion for using apprenticeships to spread opportunity and to rai...; Nick Boles | 607 c461 (Link to this contribution)
One of the curious things about this job is that one discovers occupations that one has literally...; Rebecca Pow | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
I wholeheartedly support the Government’s promotion of apprenticeships. I have been in discussion...; Nick Boles | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
I would be delighted to come. This afternoon, I am going to Keighley so that I can attend an equi...; Liz McInnes | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
As part of my apprenticeship as an MP, I have just discovered that a fellmonger is a dealer in hi...; Rishi Sunak | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
indicated assent.; Liz McInnes | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
On to the serious stuff. The Minister said that deciding to take on an apprenticeship was a way o...; Nick Boles | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
Now that I know what a fellmonger is, I trust that my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks)...; Nigel Huddleston | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, welcome the great progress that has been made on apprenticeships to date and the overall ...; Nick Boles | 607 c463 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, not least because I have been working with him...; Gavin Robinson | 607 c464 (Link to this contribution)
When the contracts were agreed for the £97 million Titanic signature project in east Belfast 10 y...; Nick Boles | 607 c464 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman raises an important concern. The truth is that most industries are telling us ...; Karin Smyth | 607 c464 (Link to this contribution)
Bristol South sends the fewest young people to university in the country, so I view apprenticeshi...; Nick Boles | 607 c464 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady is right that we have many questions to answer, because we are making substantial p...; Andrea Jenkyns | 607 c464 (Link to this contribution)
The Government are doing fantastic work in promoting apprenticeships. The Minister has been suppo...; Nick Boles | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on embracing the cause and on setting herself and local businesses ...; Royston Smith | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
I am probably fairly unusual in this place in that I am a former apprentice. Indeed, I am now als...; Nick Boles | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to do that. My hon. Friend’s list included a house builder, which gives me the opp...; Mims Davies | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—and then there was one.
I welcome the Minister’s statement ...; Nick Boles | 607 c465 (Link to this contribution)
That is a great note to end on: a young woman who has decided that the opportunities for her futu...
Subjects: Apprentices Public sector Standards Apprenticeship levy
Contains statistics: Yes
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