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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 March 1984.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Shadow Spokesperson (Education and Employment) 12:00, 6 March 1984

Will the Minister stop talking about gimmickry, even though often he does not know what is the latest gimmick from his Department, and concentrate his mind, and his Department's mind, on the choice that young people have when they leave school? Should that not depend on their abilities and their inclinations, rather than on the pressure of the market place? Since his Government have destroyed the apprenticeship system, could he not bring in some initiative to give an incentive to young people to stay on at school?