§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to reduce the waiting time for the unemployed interested in applying for employment action programmes; and what special priority schemes approved for employment action he will allocate where length of unemployment qualification periods are shorter than the standard six months.
§ Mr. David HuntThere are no proposals to change the general requirement that applicants for employment action should have been unemployed and in receipt of benefit for 26 weeks or more.
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