Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 December 1986.
The whole point of the job training scheme is to improve the quality of training of our young people, and I wish that Opposition Members, the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) in particular, would support us in that. The aim of the scheme, with regard to particular individuals, is to place emphasis on an agreed training plan, and particularly to concentrate on new technological skills and self-employment.