Extract from Education
Questions: Social Mobility: Disadvantaged Areas
(Windsor) (Con):
One of the best gifts we can give young people is a job with
prospects for a decent career. It helps with mental health
challenges and gives them a sense of belonging to society. When
we look at this part of our history, I think we will discover
that one of the greatest achievements has been the reduction in
unemployment among young people. Does the Secretary of State
agree we must continue to do all we can to help people to
transition, at the appropriate point, from full-time education to
work?
The Secretary of State for Education (Justine
Greening): Absolutely. My hon. Friend’s question sets
out how important it is to have a strong economy producing jobs
and opportunity for young people. We are working with the Careers
& Enterprise Company to build a national network, which will
connect schools and colleges with employers. Over half of schools
and colleges in England are already supported by an enterprise
adviser, who helps them to build strong careers and strong
enterprise plans for their young people. In opportunity areas,
dozens of key employers, including Rolls-Royce, NatWest and KPMG,
have committed to providing tailored careers support to young
people.
Extract from Oral
answer (Lords) on Small Businesses: Late Payments
(Con): My Lords,
is not this a totally flawed economic system, where large
businesses are financed by small businesses, although it is large
businesses that can easily raise the finance? What are the
disadvantages, if any, of moving to a system where all goods and
services are paid for by the end of the month following the month
of invoice?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lord Prior of
Brampton) (Con): Industries are very different from each
other—the construction industry is very different from the retail
business, for example. Waitrose has a scheme whereby it pays
small businesses selling goods worth less than £100,000 a year to
Waitrose within seven days. Rolls-Royce has a scheme with a time
that is longer than that, and Marks & Spencer has a scheme
giving special terms for smaller businesses. Some flexibility in
this area is not unwarranted.
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