MPs debate jobs and the unemployed
8 July 2010 (updated on 8 July 2010)
Yvette Cooper, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, introduced an opposition day debate on jobs and the unemployed. Chris Grayling, Minister of State for Employment, responded to the debate
- Video and Audio: Jobs and the Unemployed
- Commons Hansard: Jobs and the Unemployed
- About Parliament: Debates
- Topics: Unemployment
Opposition days
Opposition day debates are held on what are known as Opposition days which are allocated in the Commons during each parliamentary session to discuss subjects chosen by the opposition parties.
Twenty days per session are set aside for these and the opposition parties usually raise questions of policy and administration. They are listed online in the Parliamentary Calendar.