The Economy

Part of Chancellor of the Exchequer – in the House of Commons at 6:33 pm on 6 December 2011.

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Photo of Jenny Chapman Jenny Chapman Shadow Minister (Justice) 6:33, 6 December 2011

My hon. Friend is making a superb point. I do not know whether he has served on the governing body of a school or on a board of a health trust, but I can tell him that recruiting good, able, ambitious and talented people in the public sector can be a real challenge in the north-east. As someone who lives there, I do not understand why that is, but it seems to be the case. We need to be able to attract those quality people, and enable them to move around the country and pursue their careers as they need to.