Tackling Youth Unemployment in the EU: Lords ask 'are the young being heard?'

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• Inquiry: Youth unemployment
• Lords EU Sub-Committee on Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment

Witnesses

Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster

At 4.15pm:

• Shilpi Akbar, Assistant Director for Employment, Birmingham City Council
• Lloyd Broad, Head of European and International Affairs, Birmingham City Council, 
• Alex Conway, European Programmes Director at the Greater London Authority

The witnesses will be quizzed on whether or not young people themselves are being given enough of a say on how to tackle the problem of youth unemployment.

Likely questions

They will also be asked a variety of other questions, including:

• What does the picture look like locally?
• Is the problem a mismatch of skills or simply a lack of job opportunities?
• How well can actions at local level complement national programmes?
• Do European funds add value?
• Are there too many programmes and schemes in this area?

Further information

• Commons Library Standard Note - Youth unemployment statistics
• Commons Library Standard Note - NEETs: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training
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