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Women Apprentices

EDM number 1313 in 2015-16, proposed by Jess Phillips on 23/03/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Sex discrimination and Training.

That this House believes that apprenticeships offer a vital opportunity for young people to earn a living, learn new skills and make an invaluable contribution to the organisations for which they work, their local communities and to the wider economy; shares concerns raised by Young Women's Trust research that young women apprentices are paid less, receive less training and are more likely to be unemployed on completion of their apprenticeship; recognises the contribution of occupational segregation to these outcomes and to the persistent skills shortages in sectors vital to the country's economic success; further recognises the efforts of some excellent apprenticeship schemes that seek better outcomes for young women; believes that an increased focus on gender diversity is essential if the Government is to meet its target of creating three million new apprenticeships by 2020; and calls on the Government to promote positive action, issue fresh guidance on increasing the offer of flexible and part-time apprenticeships and promote high quality careers advice to young women.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jess Phillips23/03/2016Birmingham, YardleyLabourProposed
Ruth Smeeth23/03/2016Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
Paula Sherriff23/03/2016DewsburyLabourSeconded
Tulip Siddiq23/03/2016Hampstead and KilburnLabourSeconded
Natalie McGarry23/03/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySeconded
Carolyn Harris23/03/2016Swansea EastLabourSeconded
Mike Gapes23/03/2016Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie24/03/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Stephens24/03/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts24/03/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Shannon24/03/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Peter Bottomley11/04/2016Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Alan Meale11/04/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Martyn Day11/04/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
David Simpson11/04/2016Upper BannDUPSigned
Stephen Gethins11/04/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Tristram Hunt11/04/2016Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Phil Boswell11/04/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh11/04/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil11/04/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law11/04/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/04/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Ruth Cadbury11/04/2016Brentford and IsleworthLabourSigned
Mark Durkan11/04/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Chris Matheson12/04/2016City of ChesterLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham12/04/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Paul Monaghan12/04/2016Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry12/04/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Wes Streeting12/04/2016Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Stuart Donaldson12/04/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Virendra Sharma13/04/2016Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/04/2016Newport WestLabourSigned
Fiona Mactaggart18/04/2016SloughLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds18/04/2016Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Caroline Lucas19/04/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
John Nicolson25/04/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Alison Thewliss25/04/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
David Crausby27/04/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Blomfield03/05/2016Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Alan Brown11/05/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned

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