Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 21 April 2022Answered: 28 April 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Josh MacAlister
My hon. Friend himself was an apprentice before entering this place, and he welcomed the Secretary of State to his constituency to open a construction technical excellence college not that long ago. The main thing that I took away from the Budget last week, which is extremely welcome, is that we will fully fund apprenticeships at small and medium-sized enterprises for people aged 16 to 24 from the next academic year, which will do a lot to answer my hon. Friend’s question.