Member

I hope we will find the Government prepared to listen, consider and change their policies over what is now 18 months of effective failure, because the level of youth unemployment has continued to rise. We should be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, and the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, but I hope the Government are in listening mode on this issue so that, when we come back to this on Report, it may be possible to unify all parts of the House in coming forward with a set of policies that will encourage all parts of England to reduce the level of youth unemployment.