Unemployment: Young People Debate
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Lord Northbourne
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Unemployment: Young People
Lord Northbourne Excerpts(13 years ago)
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Lord Freud
My Lords, without just saying yes, I will give that commitment, I want to point out that despite a growing economy some real structural problems have existed in different regions over decades, and certainly over the past decade. There are no easy solutions, but I will follow up the request personally and look at some of these regional issues. We are spending a great deal of time worrying about this.
Lord Northbourne
Will the Minister indicate what proportion of the 1 million or so unemployed young people have families where neither the father nor the mother is in employment?
Lord Freud
My Lords, I have actually forgotten that particular number, though I did know it. I will commit to writing with the precise number, which has fallen out of my head. I am sorry.