Apprenticeships Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Apprenticeships

Lord Harrison Excerpts
Wednesday 4th May 2016

(8 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Neville-Rolfe Portrait Baroness Neville-Rolfe
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My noble friend is completely right. These colleges are extremely useful. Of course we need to upskill and uptool for the changing economy that we have.

Lord Harrison Portrait Lord Harrison (Lab)
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The original Question sought to understand why the young were discriminated against so that 90% of apprentices were 26 or over. Can the Minister please answer why it was that that first tranche was so disenfranchised?