Exiting the EU and Workers’ Rights
Debate between Ian Paisley and Clive Lewis(8 years, 1 month ago)
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Clive Lewis
I did not know that, but do you know what? It does not surprise me in the slightest.
Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP)
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 Paisley
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.
Clive Lewis
I think that the peace process—a Labour-oriented peace process—would have had a great deal to do with that.
Clive Lewis
I will make some headway now. I can see that you are agitated, Madam Deputy Speaker.
Ian Paisley
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it right for the hon. Gentleman to use the peace process as an excuse for unemployment legislation?