Youth Unemployment Debate

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Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

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Border Checks Summer 2011

Youth Unemployment

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Wednesday 9th November 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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My hon. Friend has made a good point. To be honest, I do not know why any of us listens to this lot. They were a disaster in Government, and the country is well rid of them. What we are trying to do now is repair the damage caused by 13 years of mismanagement.

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown Portrait Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP)
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Will the Minister give way?

Lord Grayling Portrait Chris Grayling
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I want to make a bit progress first.

Let me now deal with the second element of our strategy: how we will deal with long-term youth unemployment, a problem that has become much more acute now that we have stopped massaging the figures and hiding the real picture. I believe that the Work programme will make a real difference to those young people. It has been up and running for four months—

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