Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 25 October 1988.
In view of his earlier answers, will the Minister accept that the Government are preparing people through training for part-time employment only? In this run-down economy, that especially applies to women. In the increase of those employed since 1983 there are 682,000 women out of a total of 974,000—that is 70 per cent. That offers little hope for women in the future. Part-time employment offers little hope or opportunity except to those whom it suits. All that many people want is a full-time job. When will the Government face their responsibility and provide those jobs?