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  Opposition Day - Require Larger Public Sector Contractors to Offer Apprenticeships
  
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  @ MP voted aye to require firms winning public contracts worth over Â£1m to offer apprenticeships. 
  @ MP voted no against requiring firms winning public contracts worth over Â£1m to offer apprenticeships. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring firms winning public contracts worth over Â£1m to offer apprenticeships. 
  
  The motion rejected in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''notes'' National Apprenticeship Week, established by the previous Government, and held from 11 to 15 March 2013, which celebrates the value of apprenticeships, particularly in providing opportunities and developing skills;
  :''further notes'' the need to increase apprenticeship places; and therefore 
  :''resolves'' that the Government uses the billions of pounds committed to public procurement to boost apprenticeships by requiring firms winning public contracts worth over Â£1 million to offer apprenticeship opportunities, implementing the recommendation of the Fifth Report of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, HC 83, on Apprenticeships.
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