Skills (North-East)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 10:56 am on 27 November 2013.

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Photo of Ian Lavery Ian Lavery Labour, Wansbeck 10:56, 27 November 2013

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on bringing this important debate to Westminster Hall. Are the valuable apprenticeships that he has mentioned ones that last for three or four years, in which apprentices work on the shop floor and in college, and are guaranteed a job at the end? In other words, are they indentured apprenticeships as we knew them, or do the apprenticeships last only six months, with only the possibility of the job at the end?