Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill Debate

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Clive Efford

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Tuesday 8th January 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Byrne Portrait Mr Byrne
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I shall give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Clive Efford), but then I will make some progress.

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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The argument coming from the Government Benches is wholly founded on misinformation, particularly in respect of the claim that the Government have created 1 million jobs in the private sector. Is my right hon. Friend aware that, according to the Office for National Statistics, 196,000 of those jobs are due solely to the reclassification of sixth-form colleges and further education colleges?

Liam Byrne Portrait Mr Byrne
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My hon. Friend is right: sometimes things are not all that they seem to be.

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