Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Barry Sheerman Excerpts
Thursday 18th July 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride
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I am happy for the hon. Lady to write to me on the specific point about her constituent so that I can take it up with the DWP, to make sure that we get a full and detailed response to the various issues. However, as I said earlier, the general principle of universal credit and how it works has been a major driver of employment in this country: we have the highest level of employment in our history and the lowest level of unemployment since 1974. We have halved youth unemployment since 2010.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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As a parliamentary statesman, the hon. Member for Huddersfield will wish to exemplify the single-sentence question.

Barry Sheerman Portrait Mr Sheerman
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When all the kipper waving is over, may we have the Chancellor of the Exchequer here to tell us how we can use the French method of taking on Google, Facebook and others to regenerate our towns and cities so that they are safe, secure and prosperous?