Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 8th February 2012.
The Minister is a keen follower of my website, so he will know that I support initiatives to build social capital in communities. When I visit voluntary groups, I am very struck by the extent to which they have benefited from the future jobs fund. From a big society point of view, was it not a mistake, therefore, to abolish that fund?