Youth Unemployment Debate

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Henry Smith

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Border Checks Summer 2011

Youth Unemployment

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Wednesday 9th November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Byrne Portrait Mr Byrne
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What the hon. Gentleman’s constituents want to know is what this Government are doing for unemployed people in his constituency now. He might like to live in the past; his constituents want to know what he is doing for them today.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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One of the things this Government can do, and are doing, is to provide more apprenticeship places. Does the right hon. Gentleman welcome, as I do, the 70% rise in apprenticeship places in Crawley that has just been announced?

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