Finance (No. 2) Bill

Debate between Debbie Abrahams and Martin Caton

Wednesday 9th April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Debbie Abrahams]

I should like to make a quick point about the evidence that links entry-type jobs to future career progression. That evidence is weak, so my hon. Friend is right to say that a sustained approach needs to be taken. Is she also aware that a Prince’s Trust report on long-term youth unemployment shows that one in five young people who are long-term unemployed feel that they have nothing worth living for? Long-term unemployment has a direct effect on finances, but it also affects how young people view themselves in society. The implications of that are—

[The Temporary Chair (Martin Caton)]

Order. This is an extremely long intervention.