Training (Young People)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 9 July 1991.

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Photo of Mr David Harris Mr David Harris , St Ives 12:00, 9 July 1991

I welcome those figures, which show that there has been truly spectacular progress. Does my hon. Friend accept, however, that a problem is beginning to develop? Some young people are unable to obtain training, simply because they cannot find placements. The problem is especially bad in my Constituency, St. Ives in west Cornwall, where young people cannot find employers to give them training. Will my hon. Friend consult the TECs about that problem, which, I fear, will worsen over the next few months?

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