Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:24 pm on 14 June 2016.
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I welcome the pledge to create myriad and loads more apprenticeships. Quality training is extremely important, and the intentions in creating these apprenticeships are laudable, but apprentices need work to go to after they’ve finished their apprenticeships. So, without those jobs to go to, the apprenticeship is of personal value for the apprentice, but it’s largely window dressing without a job to go to. So, what I’d like to ask the Minister is: what’s the Welsh Government doing to encourage the production of jobs for these apprentices to go to and to ensure that these apprentices can use their training to earn a decent living? What support can you provide employers to encourage them to take these apprentices on after they’ve finished their training? Thank you.