Family Benefits (Absent Teenage Fathers)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 8:06 pm on 2 June 2009.

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Photo of David Drew David Drew Labour, Stroud 8:06, 2 June 2009

In the early 1990s I took part in a review of this issue, and the one factor that we found to be symptomatic of teenage pregnancy was lack of self-esteem in both boys and girls. It is possible to foster self-esteem through education, and does my hon. Friend agree that we should build that aim into all our policies?