Two Government Ministers answer #Jobs4Youth Twitter questions in Lords inquiry
5 February 2014
On Monday 3 February, the House of Lords EU Sub Committee on the Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment put questions to the ministers on a range of issues, from levels of youth unemployment to the quality of careers advice and the effectiveness of EU funding programmes.
- Parliament TV: Youth unemployment
- Inquiry: Youth unemployment
- EU Sub-Committee on Internal Market, Infrastructure and Employment
Ministers
Esther McVey MP, Minster of State for Employment, and Matthew Hancock MP, Minister for Skills and Enterprise, both faced questions submitted by the public on the issue of youth joblessness.
Twitter questions
The Committee also used Twitter for this session, putting to the witnesses a selection of the questions which had been submitted via twitter using the hashtag #jobs4youth.
Click on each question to be taken straight to the point in the session where it is asked.
- Watch Lord Wilson ask @AirS_SK’s question on education in rural areas
- Watch Lord Fearn ask @TeaManiak’s question on reducing the recent graduate and post-graduate unemployment rate
- Watch The Earl of Liverpool ask @Nomad_on_line’s question on Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs)
- Watch Lord Kakkar ask @TalentMatchLDN’s question on solutions to tackle youth unemployment
- Watch Baroness Hooper ask @emekaforbes's question on supporting young people in schools to create jobs