Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Johnny Mercer and Peter Gibson

Thursday 27th February 2020 Commons Chamber

[Johnny Mercer]

Regional inequality is a key factor in what the Office for Veterans’ Affairs is trying to do. Today we have the latest figures from the career transition partnership, and we have more people going into work and education than ever before. In fact, people are now more likely to be in employment if they are a veteran, but we are not complacent about that in any way. There is no reason why anybody coming out of the military cannot go into a job, which is the single biggest transformative factor in improving their life chances.

[Peter Gibson (Darlington) (Con)]

5. What plans he has to relocate public bodies out of the south-east.