Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Eddie Hughes Excerpts
Monday 14th May 2018

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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The Government’s position is clear: the public sector pay cap is no longer in place and we have adopted a more flexible approach to public sector pay. We have asked the School Teachers’ Review Body to use this flexibility to target the next pay award to promote recruitment and retention.

Eddie Hughes Portrait Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) (Con)
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What more can be done to help companies such as Turnock Ltd in my constituency and its owner, Gordon Stone, who has apprentices busy making Christmas lighting for cities and towns across the country?

Anne Milton Portrait The Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills (Anne Milton)
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I congratulate the firm on my hon. Friend’s patch and am delighted it has apprenticeships. The National Apprenticeship Service is there to help at any time.