Proceeding contribution from Lord Hain (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 20 October 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Statement.
Work Programme
Does the Minister know how many people on jobseeker’s allowance are chasing every job vacancy in the Rhondda? I ask because the answer is 33 people for every vacancy in the Rhondda constituency, compared with fewer than three for each vacancy in his Epsom constituency. He likes to talk tough about making work pay but, if there are no jobs, what does he expect people to do? What does he say to the 2,500 people in the Rhondda who are looking for work, when their unemployment plight is 10 times worse than it is in his constituency? Does he expect them to get on a bike and head for Epsom?
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