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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 December 2024
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Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

I will bring in Katie Hutton.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Oh—you are on mute.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Are you saying that there are too many strands? Generally, the education landscape in Scotland is quite cluttered. Is that true in this sphere, too?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Strategic relationships are what you might be describing there.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

You are saying that, in effect, the levy is a training tax. Businesses might have been spending or planning to spend that money on training, so you can understand where Willie Rennie is coming from if those businesses say, “Actually, our margins, profitability and budgets are not sufficient to sustain an additional payment towards training.” That is understandable, is it not, from a business point of view?

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Thank you, Oliver. We turn finally to Ross Greer, who is now on a stable link.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Do you mention the 4 per cent because you think that it should be more?

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Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Some people might say that apprenticeship is a higher road rather than an equal road.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

That is good, Frank. Michael Marra has a short supplementary question.

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Skills: Alignment with Business Needs

Meeting date: 15 December 2021

Stephen Kerr

Is that question for Frank Mitchell or Allan Colquhoun?