Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Robert Halfon Excerpts
Monday 6th January 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Of course role models can be of either gender, and I am sure that many men can think of women who would be role models for themselves. Under this Government, the number and proportion of applications for apprenticeships in engineering are up, and the number of applications to study engineering at university is up. There is much more to do, but we are moving in the right direction.

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)
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Does my hon. Friend agree that university technical colleges will make a huge difference to apprenticeships? May we have a commitment from the Government that we will have one in every town after the next election?