Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by David Chaytor (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 20 January 2010 on behalf of the Prime Minister.
Engagements
- Question
- Today's employment figures are good news for my constituents, and there are now almost 7,000 fewer people unemployed in Bury than during the last Tory recession. Would that have happened if the Government had simply let the recession take its course, and what more can the Government do to help my constituents get back into work?
- Answer
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For this Government, unemployment is not a price worth paying. We have taken action so that while in the 1980s recession, unemployment kept rising for five years, in this recession our action has seen unemployment falling and is helping young people into work. It is interesting that the Leader of the Opposition is not asking me about the economy today.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 504 c298
- Session
- 2009-10
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Unemployment Bury
- Link
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