§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if, pursuant to his public statement of 9 October referring to relative standards of training for unemployed young people, he will state the name and origin of the study he referred to and name those aspects which found United Kingdom arrangements superior to those of Germany.
Mr. JacksonThe report in question is entitled "Youth and Work: Transition to Employment in England and Germany" and was published on 25 September by the Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society. While the report does not conclude that one system is superior to the other, it highlights the many strengths of youth training in England and thereby gives the lie to those who choose to denigrate the skills of young people in this country.