Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Iain Duncan Smith and Graham Allen

Monday 7th December 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Duncan Smith]

It is a bit rich for the hon. Lady to get up and start attacking the Government’s record of getting more people back to work, more people in full-time work and more people in managerial positions. When we took over from the Labour Government, there was a complete collapse of the economy, with people lucky to get a job and even lucky to get part-time work. Two thirds of the rise in employment since 2010 has been in managerial, professional jobs, and permanent jobs are up over 476,000. That is not rhetoric; those are realities.

[Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab)]

2. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people who are long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement.