VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DAY

Early day motion 179, tabled 4 June 2013 by Robert Halfon (Conservative). Signed by 24 members.

That this House welcomes the sixth annual Vocational Qualifications Day on 5 June 2013; congratulates the millions of people who gain technical, practical, and vocational qualifications each year; notes that high quality technical and practical learning provides young people with the skills, experience, motivation and inspiration to get ahead; and agrees that practical skills should be valued as highly as academic education and that they contribute towards economic growth, improve social mobility and inspire ambition in young people.

Signatures by party: Labour 7, DUP 5, Conservative 4, Liberal Democrat 4, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.