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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 7 May 2014.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:30, 7 May 2014

I congratulate my hon. Friend on the decline in unemployment in his constituency, which is incredibly marked at 54%. I note what he says about furniture factories, because those are the sorts of businesses that were going offshore. What we are seeing in our country is a slow trend—but I want to encourage it—of reshoring and getting businesses to come back to, and invest and expand in, Britain. We must do everything we can to encourage that by keeping their taxes down, keeping national insurance down, cutting national insurance for young people, training more apprentices and investing in infrastructure. That is what we will do so that there are many more success stories like that mentioned by my hon. Friend.