Employment Law: Unfair Dismissal

Debate between Lord Tebbit and Lord Myners

Thursday 24th November 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord Tebbit]

My Lords, does my noble friend—

[Lord Myners]

My Lords, the Minister has spoken about the need to create more employment for young people. How is the Minister going to ensure that new employment opportunities for young people are not achieved at the risk of displacing the employment of older people?

[Baroness Wilcox]

That is a very interesting question. We are obviously serious about tackling youth unemployment. We have very high youth unemployment. But I am slightly older, and am still employed, and I would like to continue to be so, if that is possible. The balance is that the employer will use the talent that he has got to keep his business profitable. If his business is not profitable and he goes out of business, then nobody has a job.