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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. The Octagon theatre in Bolton is undergoing an upgrade to improve accessibility to disabled people. Will my right hon. Friend update us on the work being done to ensure that more public venues have better accessibility to disabled people?..."
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Written Question
Unemployment: Young People
Monday 1st February 2016

Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that jobcentres help younger jobseekers plan for the future.

Answered by Priti Patel - Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

This Government is committed to ensuring all young people are either earning or learning. That is why we have launched Jobcentre Plus support for schools and from April 2017 we will ensure all young people are supported through our new Youth Obligation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"A jobcentre’s role is especially important for those who do not have the necessary support at home. Does my right hon. Friend agree that in addition to the youth obligation, there should be an obligation on jobcentres to offer more specialist support?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Jan 2016
Universal Credit: North-West

"Does my hon. Friend agree that this change marks a profound shift in the welfare system? As many people would expect, the welfare system is now a mechanism to help people into work, as opposed to a catchment for people to remain unemployed...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Young Jobseekers

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Young Jobseekers

"Thank you, Mr Gray. It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon. I offer my congratulations to my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North (Chloe Smith) on securing the debate on this important issue and on her work as chair of the all-party group on youth …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Young Jobseekers

"I agree. I think most people in the Chamber would agree that further development is required in schools and in other ways to get young people that first experience so that they can develop the business that they have always dreamt about starting...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 27 Oct 2015
Young Jobseekers

"Apprenticeships are a key way to get experience and it is really important that there is a whole range of ways to get into apprenticeships and guidance for that.

I am delighted that the Government are continuing to support young people moving into work, allocating £1 billion to the youth …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"In the north-east, there will be a huge Hitachi factory development, which will create 730 new jobs. Surely that is part of the northern powerhouse...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"When it comes to the relationship between the individual and the Government, it is healthier not to be recycling money and taxing people into poverty, only to give them some of that money back. Does my hon. Friend agree?..."
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