Nadhim Zahawi
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Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses
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Monday 23rd January 2012
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Rachel Reeves
Youth unemployment in my constituency, like in most of our constituencies, is rising fast, whereas it was falling at the time of the last election.
Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)
May I share with the hon. Lady the figures for her own constituency? Youth unemployment rose by 625 between 2005 and 2010, which was a 103% rise, yet rose by 25 between 2010 and 2011, which was a 2% rise. Can she explain why it rose so much between 2005 and 2010?