Olympics (Security) Debate

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Olympics (Security)

Simon Danczuk Excerpts
Thursday 12th July 2012

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Our troops do a fantastic job for us in so many ways. Their ability to step in at this stage to undertake this work and to provide reassurance to everybody coming to the games is yet another example of what a great military we have.

Simon Danczuk Portrait Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab)
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G4S gets millions of pounds from the taxpayer to deliver the Work programme to reduce the unemployment created by the Government. At the same time, it gets millions of pounds to recruit security guards for the Olympics. Why could G4S not marry up those two initiatives?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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G4S was responsible for identifying where it was to recruit individuals from. I am confident that it has been looking to recruit people who have been unemployed, alongside various other people.