Business of the House

Andrew Jones Excerpts
Thursday 28th June 2012

(12 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I understand the hon. Lady’s concern. She is asking for the regulations to be made available at an earlier date than the one currently planned, and I will certainly make inquiries to see whether that might be possible.

Andrew Jones Portrait Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con)
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Youth unemployment in my constituency has fallen for the fourth successive month, and it is down by almost a quarter since the beginning of the year. Ensuring that people leave school with the skills that employers need is crucial to continuing that trend, so can we have a debate on the link between education, skills and employment?