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Exiting the EU and Workers’ Rights

Debate between Ian C. Lucas and Ian Paisley
Monday 7th November 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ian Paisley Portrait Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP)
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Will the hon. Gentleman explain why, during the 1970s and 1980s, when I was a teenager growing up in the part of the United Kingdom where I live, the unemployment level was regularly over 30%?

Ian C. Lucas Portrait Ian C. Lucas
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There was a Tory Government then.

Ian Paisley Portrait Ian Paisley
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No, there was a Labour Government.

Today my children, aged 18 and 19, see an unemployment level of 5% or 6% in some areas. Will the hon. Gentleman explain the analysis that he has given to the House, suggesting that there are no jobs? There are jobs, and there are opportunities for people.

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