All 2 Debates between Nusrat Ghani and Damian Hinds

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Debate between Nusrat Ghani and Damian Hinds
Monday 9th September 2024

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nusrat Ghani Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
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I call the shadow Secretary of State.

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con)
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At the start of the new term, we all wish everybody well for the academic year ahead. What will Ministers say next September to parents who, because of Labour’s education tax, find that class sizes are bigger and more schools are full, and that fewer children are able to get a place in their first-choice school in Bristol, Bury, Salford or Surrey?

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Debate between Nusrat Ghani and Damian Hinds
Monday 18th December 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nusrat Ghani Portrait Ms Nusrat Ghani (Wealden) (Con)
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7. What recent assessment he has made of trends in youth unemployment.

Damian Hinds Portrait The Minister for Employment (Damian Hinds)
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Unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds is 523,000—down 60,000 on the year and down 416,000 since 2010.

Nusrat Ghani Portrait Ms Ghani
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I welcome that news from the Minister. I am a strong campaigner for apprenticeships, including in my constituency, where we have just 70 young unemployed people. Does the Minister agree that making apprenticeships far more available helps young people into jobs, not only in Wealden but throughout the country?

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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My hon. Friend has indeed been a great campaigner and a great champion for apprenticeships. Apprenticeships—including the 620 starts in Wealden in 2016-17—are one of the key policies that have contributed to our successful labour market, in which employment now stands at 75%.