Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Bradshaw Excerpts
Monday 29th January 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Too long.

Ben Bradshaw Portrait Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
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I thank the Minister for her efforts on behalf of Exeter College, which, as she will know, was inexplicably not granted the contract by the Skills Funding Agency to provide apprenticeships through small firms. I would like her to continue those efforts, working with officials from her Department and the agency, because if this is not rectified, or a way through found for this, it will do serious damage both to the provision of apprenticeships in the Exeter area and to Exeter College, which is one of the top performing colleges in the country.

Anne Milton Portrait Anne Milton
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I know that the right hon. Gentleman has worked very hard on behalf of Exeter College. I praise my officials who continue to work with individual Members to ensure that these problems are ironed out.