§ Mr. RooneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if EU nationals can count periods of unemployment and receipt of benefit in another EU country towards the eligibility qualifying period for(a) training for work and (b) other Employment Service programmes. [27102]
§ Mr. ForthI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my colleague, the then Minister of State for Employment, to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, (Ms Short) on 22 March 1995,Official Report, column 245.