Careers Service (Young People) Debate

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Stella Creasy

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Opportunities for the Next Generation

Careers Service (Young People)

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Tuesday 13th September 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The legislation states only that the advice must be independent. We are considering all the issues being raised in this debate, and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Simon Hughes).

Stella Creasy Portrait Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op)
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I am ever so grateful to the Minister for giving way and for setting out the schedule. What careers advice has he given all the careers advisers who have now lost their jobs because local authorities have had that funding cut and are therefore no longer providing that service? Given that he is talking about the new service not coming on line until April 2012, and that there is no guarantee that it will be provided by individuals face to face, what does he expect to happen to the people who are the experts in this system?

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