Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton and Richard Burgon

Wednesday 9th March 2016 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, and I salute what he has done to help ex-offenders. If people are applying for a job, they have at some stage to declare the criminal record they have and the offences they may have committed. The question is: do they have to do it absolutely at the CV stage? We think that they should not. We believe in the idea of banning the box, and the civil service will introduce that so that people do not have to include that information on their initial CV, and they might at least get the chance of an interview and not be ruled out. That is what we are talking about. When we talk about life chances for people in our country, and giving people a second chance to make a go of their life, we are putting our money where our mouth is.

[Richard Burgon (Leeds East) (Lab)]

Q2. If the British people vote to leave the European Union, will the Prime Minister resign—yes or no?

[The Prime Minister]

No.