HC Deb 26 October 1987 vol 121 cc150-1W
Mr. Michael J. Martin

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he intends to take to improve job opportunities for under 25s in Glasgow, Springburn.

Mr. Lang

We shall continue with our successful policies of keeping inflation down, stimulating enterprise, sustaining competitiveness in industry and strengthening the private sector, which are the key to creating a stronger economy and reducing unemployment in Springburn as elsewhere. The youth training scheme for 16 and 17-year-olds, the new job training scheme aimed primarily at 18 to 25-year-olds together with the expansion of places available under the enterprise allowance scheme and the assistance to employers through the new workers scheme will all help young people into employment.