Economy: Growth

Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top Excerpts

Wednesday 15th February 2012 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Wilcox]

My noble friend is very brave. As she will remember, the Government's plan for growth is to create the most competitive tax system in the G20, and that is the path we are on.

[Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top]

My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the north-east is a wonderful place to live, to work and to establish businesses, but under this Government unemployment has risen there more than anywhere else in the kingdom. People in the north-east are beginning to feel that the Government simply do not care about the region. What can she say this afternoon that can help us to begin to rebuild and give young people, in particular, a feeling that there is a future for them in the north-east?