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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Harman (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2009. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.


Business of the House

I would like to pay tribute to those who work in jobcentres and Jobcentre Plus. They do an incredibly important job. The service has been transformed from what it was during the last recession, when people sat behind grilles and paid out unemployment benefit, or signed people off on to incapacity benefit, but did not help them to get back into work. There is a whole range of work and training now available to people who face the awful fact of unemployment. I hope that the hon. Lady will support the extra investment that we put into Jobcentre Plus to make sure that it can work even better on behalf of those who face unemployment.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
495 c1145 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Jobcentres Jobcentre Plus Wandsworth
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk