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Part of Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 8 July 2010.

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Photo of Jake Berry Jake Berry Conservative, Rossendale and Darwen 10:30, 8 July 2010

May I say that the announced 50,000 new apprenticeships are hugely welcome in my constituency, as Rossendale and Darwen has many young people working in the manufacturing sector? Given that an apprenticeship should be only the start of a journey of lifelong learning, what steps have been taken to encourage those who have completed an apprenticeship to go on to university?