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To browse recent news releases and speeches by BIS ministers, please use the links on the left.
Browse speeches by former BERR, DTI and DIUS ministers (pre-June 2009).

Speech by: David Lammy MP
Venue: Cavendish Conference Centre, London
“Ever since Roman times, one of the things that has distinguished the inhabitants of these islands is the links they have forged with the most distant reaches of the known world.
“The millions of international students who have studied here help to ensure that this tradition continues today, and that we continue to be bound by ties of friendship and good will to people in all parts of the globe.”

Speech by: Kevin Brennan MP
Venue: Bloomsbury Hotel, London
“The advantages of the apprenticeship model for employers are clear. And our economic problems of the past couple of years have shown that more clearly than ever.
“Those employers who heeded the call of the CBI, the trade unions and Government to keep training have reaped the benefits.
“Our expanded apprenticeships programme and the money we have invested have played a pivotal role in enabling them to do so.”
Speech by: Pat McFadden MP
Event: BIS Seminar – Is business ready for an ageing nation? Westminster, London
Pat McFadden encourages business to consider the economic opportunites presented by an ageing population.

Speech by: Kevin Brennan MP
Venue: Alliance of Sector Skills Council Annual Conference, Coventry
“The issue for Government is how to manage the transition from the old to the new in ways that ensure Britain’s competitiveness but which avoid the sort of trauma to communities that we experienced in the 1980s and 1990s.
“That’s going to take a lot more than simply waiting for change to happen, or trying to shore up areas of traditional skills strength.
“To safeguard existing jobs and create new ones, we’ll need to develop new skills, and especially transferable skills that can serve people well in more than one sector.”

Speech by: Stephen Timms MP
Venue: Science Museum
Stephen Timms speaks at an event celebrating 25 years of the cellular mobile phone.
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