Speeches by Milne.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart. I want to bring a case of injustice in the visa system to the attention of the Minister. It concerns two residents in my constituency, Mary and Geoff—not their real names. My office has tried every means of finding a solution through the Home Office, but wit…”

“I welcome the Government’s youth guarantee scheme; something similar operates in a number of European countries. However, under the proposals, it will not kick in for 18 months. If someone is unemployed for 18 months, the damage is already done. Will the Government consider acting earlier?”

“To get the best out of intermittent energy producers such as wind and solar, we need to invest in battery energy storage systems. However, these face new safety challenges. The National Fire Chiefs Council recently issued guidance that understandably concentrates on firefighting techniques rather than design. The Minis…”

“I welcome the Government’s youth guarantee scheme; something similar operates in a number of European countries. However, under the proposals, it will not kick in for 18 months. If someone is unemployed for 18 months, the damage is already done. Will the Government consider acting earlier?”

“To get the best out of intermittent energy producers such as wind and solar, we need to invest in battery energy storage systems. However, these face new safety challenges. The National Fire Chiefs Council recently issued guidance that understandably concentrates on firefighting techniques rather than design. The Minis…”

“Have you gone about building cross-party support?”

“You also say that we need to be radical. Are there specific areas that you have in mind? Would it be changing the curriculum?”

“You have not been in touch with me! No, that’s not true—carry on.”

“Dr Erickson, can I turn to you?”

“Thank you. We are tight on time. Any other comments?”

“Dr Erickson, you mentioned the high cost of an apprenticeship in the UK compared with other countries. Why are costs so high here? There is an obvious question alongside that: is there a way to bring them down?”

“Ultimately, you will publish your report, but what do you see as the next course of action? What will happen afterwards?”

“I will throw open my final question. In England, apprenticeships historically have a more negative image compared with a university education, which is always assumed to be the superior route. What can we do to change that image?”

“There are lots of different systems around the world. What countries do you think have the most effective systems of vocational education and training, and what makes them so effective? Perhaps I could turn first to you, Dr Miranda.”

“You said that your report would be “unafraid to shine a light on uncomfortable truths.” What uncomfortable truths have you uncovered?”

“These are things separate from national insurance and so on—you are going beyond that.”

“Is that something that they are not doing now that they used to do, or has the need changed?”

“Professor Ertl, as has been mentioned, Germany has a very good track record on this, but the German dual system is deeply embedded and has more than 100 years of history behind it. In the absence of that history, what can the UK learn from it? Is there anything that we can realistically emulate?”

“The CIL rules manage to be too inflexible and too vague at the same time. My constituent Ruth has had to pay a £38,000 CIL charge because unfortunately her husband did not submit the correct forms, as a result of what turned out to be Alzheimer’s. As my hon. Friend said, any potential refund would be technically agains…”

“4. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the effectiveness of the defence industrial strategy.”