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Toby Perkins
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(14 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Duncan Smith
I absolutely guarantee to do that, and I will talk to my right hon. Friend the Minister of State about it. It is worth bearing in mind what a real challenge this is for us. I have to repeat that, over the past 14 years, that group particularly was most failed by the previous Government. Before they carry on giving us lectures about it, they should recognise that failure and probably apologise for it.
Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)
Given that the Secretary of State says that the Labour Government failed young people and that his policies are going to be so much better, if youth unemployment goes up, will he resign?
Mr Duncan Smith
Unless we can get retrospective resignations from the whole pack of the last Cabinet, I do not think that I should answer that.