Wednesday 6th December 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Gillian Keegan Portrait Gillian Keegan (Chichester) (Con)
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I beg to move,

That this House has considered youth employment.

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. This is the first Westminster Hall debate I have led. Providing young people with the opportunity to get a good job has been a mission of this Government, and I am pleased that this debate is set against a backdrop of such positive figures. [Interruption.]

James Gray Portrait James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con)
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On a point of order, Mrs Moon. Can something be done about the sound system, please?

Madeleine Moon Portrait Mrs Madeleine Moon (in the Chair)
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I will have to stop the hon. Lady. We cannot proceed until the mics are working properly. We have an engineer on the way. I am not sure what this will do in knocking the rest of the day off in Westminster Hall, but we have to wait for the engineer, because otherwise we cannot broadcast the sound.