Government minister returns to Lords Committee for update on efforts to tackle EU youth unemployment
Esther McVey MP, Minster of State for Employment, will face questions from the Lords committee which reported on EU plans to tackle youth unemployment.
In a one-off session, next Monday 16 March, the House of Lords EU Sub Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment, will ask the minister for her view on the European Commission's efforts so far to address youth unemployment, as well as question her on the progress of initiatives in the UK.
Other questions which the Committee will ask the minister include:
- What else could the European Commission do to enable the spending of Youth Employment Initiative funds in Member States?
- What progress has there been in the five geographic areas in the UK which qualified for this funding, because of their high unemployment rates?
- Have Local Enterprise Partnerships been given control of EU funds, as recommended in the Committee's report?
- Are UK apprenticeship qualifications being recognised across the EU?
- Has the UK's flagship policy, the Youth Contract, been successful?
- Has the Government reached its target number of participants under the Youth Contract?
The session will be webcast at www.parliamentlive.tv and is also open to the public. Journalists wishing to attend should go to Parliament's Cromwell Green Entrance and should allow time for security screening.
