Apprenticeship Week And Get Edinburgh Working

EDM number 156 in 2012-13, proposed by Michael Crockart on 11/06/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Employment schemes and Training.

That this House welcomes Skills Development Scotland's National Apprenticeship Week; recognises the assistance of local authorities, Job Centre Plus, Skills Development Scotland and Scotland's colleges in delivering apprenticeships and work experience places; applauds the 12,000 businesses which employ 34,000 modern apprentices in a range of sectors across Scotland; further applauds the businesses which pledged to take on an apprentice at the Get Edinburgh Working event at Murrayfield on 25 May; and encourages honest and open discussion between businesses, colleges, local authorities and others on how best to tackle youth unemployment in their sector and area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.