Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Thursday 17th March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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As I have said before, there will be four days of debate on the Budget, and a Budget for growth has at its heart dealing with the unemployment problems to which the hon. Gentleman refers. There will be ample opportunities to discuss unemployment next week and the week after, but to put it in context, employment has also risen.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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As has been mentioned, young people’s unemployment is at a 30-year high, and the number not in education, employment or training continues to rise exponentially. We still do not know what the discretionary learner support to replace the education maintenance allowance will look like. Will the Leader of the House arrange for the appropriate Minister to come and make a statement to the House about what the Government’s policy for young people is?