Apprenticeships And Public Contracts

EDM number 552 in 2013-14, proposed by Andrew Gwynne on 09/10/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Employment schemes and Training.

That this House celebrates the value of apprenticeships in providing opportunities and developing skills; notes the need for more apprenticeship opportunities particularly for young people at a time when there are almost one million young people out of work; believes that government and public authorities are uniquely placed to use the leverage of the money they already spend on procurement to promote skills training and provide new apprenticeship opportunities and that this should be part of the procurement process; resolves therefore that suppliers winning public contracts worth over

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.