Christopher Pincher Calls for Jobs Debate

Yesterday in the House of Commons Tamworth’s MP, Christopher Pincher, called for a debate on job provision and the role that job clubs can play in helping people to find work.

Mr Pincher said, “May we have a debate on job provision and particularly the role that job clubs can play in helping people to find work?  We have three job clubs in Tamworth, and I have no doubt that they have played their part in helping people find work and reducing local unemployment—down by 314 over the last 12 months to the benefit of local families and households.”

The Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley, replied, “Yes, my hon. Friend is right.  I am glad that he and other Members have been actively involved in job clubs in their constituencies, helping people to find work.  That is tremendously important.  There are more vacancies in the economy, and we want to match people to jobs as best we can.

“As my hon. Friend knows, it is also important for this Government to support job creation.  Since the election, we have seen an increase of one and a quarter million in the number of private sector jobs.  We knew when we came to office that we could not sustain the number of public sector jobs, which have been reduced.  Happily, though, the private sector jobs are increasing at a rate several times more than the loss of jobs in the public sector.”