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Gavin Newlands

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Points of Order
Thursday 6th July 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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People who work in the hon. Lady’s constituency also travel to get to work. The fact is that we need a sensible and properly utilised jobcentre estate across the country, and that includes in London.

Gavin Newlands Portrait Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)
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More than 300 jobs will move from the Lonend site in Paisley to Glasgow, and this follows hundreds of job losses and transfers at Doosan Babcock and Chivas Brothers. This is the very last thing the Renfrewshire economy needs. Will the Secretary of State assure me that there will be zero redundancies as a result of this move?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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The intention is to keep redundancies to a minimum but, as I made clear in my earlier remarks, the number of frontline staff in jobcentres in every nation and region of the country will be increasing, not reducing, over the course of the process.

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