Adjournment debate on Thursday, 14 January 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Knight of Weymouth. The answering member was James Clappison.

Young People (Recession)

Westminster hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on young people and recession.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 503 c311-36WH
Session: 2009-10
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Steve Webb | 503 c324-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am encouraged to hear that the Government are piloting that programme. I hesitate to describe my r...; James Clappison | 503 c325-6WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate, which is of great importance and will interest man...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c326WH (Link to this contribution) I am encouraged by the move to consensus on the importance of the matter, although such consensus sh...; James Clappison | 503 c326-8WH (Link to this contribution) We have set out our plans and our intentions for doing that, and we stick by them. We would tell peo...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c328WH (Link to this contribution) The reason why it is relevant to make comparisons with previous recessions is that we have just gone...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c330-4WH (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I shall respond to the debate. We have had an interesting, if intimate...; James Clappison | 503 c328-30WH (Link to this contribution) That is helpful. The Minister needs to look at the statistics that his Government produced in their ...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c334-5WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that, and the accelerator model we would use would do the same. However, it remains the cas...; Steve Webb | 503 c334WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister and appreciate his going though the arguments carefully and responding...; James Clappison | 503 c335-6WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister went through those last statistics at rather a gallop. Do the statistics that he has ci...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c336WH (Link to this contribution) I have said that I will drop the hon. Gentleman a line on the new deal and those coming into and aro...; Steve Webb | 503 c312WH (Link to this contribution) I do not suppose that anyone could dissent from what the Minister says about the value and importanc...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) The headline figures for NEETs in this country, compared with the rest of Europe, have been particul...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c313WH (Link to this contribution) I am willing to take an intervention from the hon. Gentleman so that he can say that he supports the...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have another opportunity to discuss young people and the recession in the House. Aft...; James Clappison | 503 c313WH (Link to this contribution) I was actually rising to help the Minister. I can give him the answer to the question posed by the h...; James Clappison | 503 c314WH (Link to this contribution) As the Minister is moving on to the more partisan section of his speech, may I ask him a question? W...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c313-4WH (Link to this contribution) I was coming to address the point of 18 to 24-year-old NEETs. I note that the hon. Gentleman chose y...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c315-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am quite happy to write to hon. Members to furnish them with statistics on that matter. We are in...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c315WH (Link to this contribution) Certainly it is the case that when people move on to the new deal for young people, they no longer c...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c314-5WH (Link to this contribution) I remember the pledge very well. We pledged to set up the new deal for young people, which would get...; Steve Webb | 503 c315WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister is being very generous in giving way—as we are here, we may as well have a debate. The...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c314WH (Link to this contribution) Part of that pledge was the new deal for young people. We funded it by ending the assisted places sc...; James Clappison | 503 c314WH (Link to this contribution) There is an explanation for the claim about long-term unemployment in the new deal, which I will com...; Steve Webb | 503 c321-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister, who has highlighted the sort of things that can be done when funding ...; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c321WH (Link to this contribution) I will talk more about the interesting point the hon. Gentleman raised on the relationship between p...; Steve Webb | 503 c317-20WH (Link to this contribution) It is customary at this point in the proceedings to say that it has been an interesting and lively d...; Steve Webb | 503 c323WH (Link to this contribution) I may be about to be.; Lord Knight of Weymouth | 503 c323-4WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right that such a provision is not currently a feature of the flexible new dea...
Subjects: Employment Employment schemes Economic situation Young people Economic recession
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Young People (Recession)

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