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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"The chief economist of Ulster Bank has said that under-25s are failing to participate in Northern Ireland’s labour market recovery. Does the Minister agree that we need to address young people’s prospects, and will he welcome the Heenan-Anderson commission, which will examine skills and education?..."
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Written Question
Unemployment: Young People
Wednesday 10th December 2014

Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she is taking to tackle youth unemployment in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

I refer the hon Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Glasgow North.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Government’s economic policies on youth unemployment in Northern Ireland...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Feb 2014
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"But the fact remains that this Government continue to fail the young people of Northern Ireland even more than the young people of the rest of the country. Youth unemployment, at 23.8%, is a full 25% higher than the UK average, and that is bad enough. It is clear that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Nov 2013
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"13. Does the Minister agree with the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning) that Northern Ireland is getting the best deal on welfare when changes could potentially take £450 million a year out of vulnerable people’s—[Interruption.]..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Nov 2013
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"Does the Minister agree with the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, that Northern Ireland is getting the best deal on welfare when changes could potentially take £450 million a year out of vulnerable people’s pockets?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Nov 2013
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"Q2. The Prime Minister once said that he wanted to see rising living standards for all, not just rewards for those in high finance. Why, then, are real wages down by more than £1,600, while bank bonuses are up by 83%?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2013
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"3. What her policy is on youth unemployment in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2013
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"Given that youth unemployment now stands at over 20%, does the Secretary of State not share Opposition Members’ sense of urgency about the need to get Northern Ireland’s young people back to work? We have proposed a bank bonus tax that would help to create 2,000 jobs for those young …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2011
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"6. What representations he has received on fuel poverty in Northern Ireland...."
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