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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 June 1991.

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Photo of Eric Forth Eric Forth , Mid Worcestershire 12:00, 11 June 1991

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am glad that he reminded me of what happened under the last Labour Government—although I shall have to take his word for it, for reasons that he gave. The Labour Government abandoned young people to the dole queue, whereas this Government have introduced positive and imaginative schemes to ensure that no 16, 17 and 18-year-old need be unemployed except from his own choice. That shows more clearly than anything the difference between this Government and the Opposition in terms of attitudes and policies.