Lord Steinberg
Former Conservative Peer
Former Conservative Peer
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To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect national unemployment figures to begin to fall.
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that Answer, which does not take me anywhere at all. So I am going to press the Minister and say to him that, while unemployment is rising, my party wants unemployment to be reduced.
Thank you very much, my Lords. When do the Government believe that the peak in unemployment will be reached and what are they doing at the moment to try to continue to reduce unemployment?
Former Conservative Peer
Entered the House of Lords on 13 September 2004
Left the House of Lords on 2 November 2009 — Died
Positions held at time of appointment: Founder, Stanley Leisure plc. Former Deputy Treasurer, Conservative Party. (from Number 10 press release)
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