Budget: Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Baroness Wheeler Excerpts

Thursday 27th November 2025 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted (LD)]

My Lords—

[Captain of the King’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard and Deputy Chief Whip (Baroness Wheeler) (Lab)]

It is the turn of the Labour Party.

[Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay (Lab)]

My Lords, I welcome the news of free apprenticeships for under 25s in small and medium-sized enterprises. This is good news for young people and businesses. What impact does the Minister think it will have on the number of people coming into apprenticeships in those arenas?