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Debate between Bob Blackman and David Rutley
Monday 9th March 2015
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Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
7. What comparative assessment he has made of unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries.
David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con)
17. What comparative assessment he has made of unemployment rates in the UK and other European countries.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith)
The UK currently has the 3rd lowest unemployment rate in the European Union, and it has fallen faster than that of any other G7 economy in the past year. Thanks to welfare reform and our long-term economic plan, businesses are creating jobs, and 1.85 million more people are in work than in 2010. For interest, that is more than the total population of Estonia.