Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 11:18 am ar 24 Chwefror 2022.
Lord Storey
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Education)
11:18,
24 Chwefror 2022
My Lords, it is important that we make the T-levels the success that they should be for vocational education as a whole. I am not sure the Minister properly answered the question about rural areas, where there will be a much narrower choice of options and students will struggle to find employers who will give placements. Could encouragement be given to those employers through financial incentives?
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