22/01/2012 Sunday Politics East

Labour's leader criticises the government plan to put young people

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back to work and proposes to keep Good afternoon.

It looks like the sun is going down It looks like the sun is going down

on plans to move our flocks. First let us meet our guests.

Brandon Lewis and Steve Morphew. Brandon Lewis and Steve Morphew.

A brief word before we move on about the unemployment figures.

18,000 more people are at unemployed in our region bringing

the total to 22,000. It is a wall full figure. It is not the whole

figure. There are more jobs now than when we came to power. But

there is a long way to go. In Great Yarmouth have an enterprise zone.

There is a long way to go. Steve Morphew, what would Labour do?

need to invest in businesses that will create jobs. At the moment

we're not scratching the surface. Thank you.

More on that later when we hear from Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband.

First the campaign to move our clocks forward has taken at

backward step. On Friday MPs defeated the bill drawn up by

Rebecca Harris which called for a full study on it moving it to

If this were ever to happen the sun rises would still be is beautiful,

they would just be one hour later. The benefit - we would get longer

evenings. It is something which the tourist industry has been

campaigning for four years. longer the evenings are, the better

for all tourist providers. Does an extra hour make a difference?

great deal of difference. We do not provide their animals with wrist

watches. The adjust their activities to suit. One way of

adjusting the activity patterns of people is to change the clocks.

arguments go beyond tourism - charities for the elderly, road-

safety, even the dogs trust. They would be more daylight hours

for sport and recreation. It would lead to a reduction in road deaths

and injuries. We have been here before. In 1968 Britain

experimented with European time. Scotland they were in the dark

until mid-morning. Southerners wondered what all the fuss was

about. That is still a problem. In Scotland in winter it would not get

light until mid-morning. Even if Westminster did vote to move away

from GMT the policy could only be implemented with the agreement of

the Scottish parliament. It is a non-starter. It was tried 40 years

ago. People do not like it. How do you get consent from Scotland?

may not be able to. You make their argument about why it is a good

thing. Whether you can convince them is another matter. We now have

Rebecca Harris with us. Tell us what happened to the builders we? -

- tell us what happened to the bill. A small number of people managed to

talk out the bill. The bill ran out of time. That was a great shame. It

was the clear will of the vast majority of MPs attending that the

Bill would progress. Are you disappointed? It is a setback. But

when you look at how many organisations are now backing us,

there are so many people back in this movement, it is an idea whose

time has come. What about those were against it? Is it just

Scotland that is the sticking point? A lot of people have

concerns. My bill was carefully crafted. It was not going to

implement a trial of clock change. I wanted the government to do a

serious analysis across all departments. The Home Office would

look at the potential for a crime reduction. The culture department

would look at the benefits for sport. We could then present to the

public what the benefits would be. That would then help us to reach a

consensus. Brandon Lewis, why do you believe that this should be

revisited? The reasons have been about line. -- the reasons have

been made clear. It is a massive opportunity for tourism. The last

time in this was a look that 40 years ago -- this was last look

that 40 years ago. What I do not understand his of why the

government need an Act of Parliament. I hope that the

government can pick up the idea. am sure Rebecca Harris would agree.

We want to get the government to look at this. A lot has changed in

40 years. Power economic requirements have changed. Our

health requirements have changed. What about the safety issue? That

was one of the most important aspects of this bill. We're always

told that the previous experiment was cancelled because there were

real fears that it was causing casualties on our roads in the

mornings. That panic cancelled the experiment. But overall there was a

reduction in casualties. It is more important to get daylight into

their it afternoon rush-hour. -- the afternoon rush-hour. Rebecca

Harris, what happens next? I will keep campaigning. There is a huge

move across the country for this. There are 600 organisations backing

this. They will not give up. We have come a long way. This is not

the last we have heard of this issue. Thank you.

This week their regions plays host to the visits of Nick Clegg and Ed

Miliband. This is the week that we have heard

that the numbers of youth unemployment had risen to record

high. It is a tragedy. Youth unemployment

has been going up remorselessly since 2004. Even in the good times

for some reason employers were not employing young people on the scale

we would like. The problems are more acute now. We need to do more

now. That is why we are pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into

expanding the numbers of apprenticeships. We will be

delivering a 250,000 more apprenticeships during this

Parliament. From April onwards every single person aged 18 to 24

was out of work will have the opportunity to earn up or learn.

Nick Clegg was not the only party leader here this week. Labour

leader Ed Miliband also visited. Youth unemployment is at a record

high. What would Labour do to create jobs for youngsters?

would do something different to what this Government is doing. We

would tax the bonuses of bankers. We would use the money to put young

people back to work. That would make a real difference to young

people right across this region. Some young people asking what

politics can do for them. I think we can make a real difference to

their lives. The Government is launching a new scheme in April for

young people. Will that help? us hope that as. -- let us hope it

does. We had a scheme, and this government, do that. This new

scheme does not start until April. It is a pale imitation of our

scheme. They are not taking the problem seriously enough. Youth

unemployment in this region has gone up by 200 % in the past year.

That is not good enough. It has got to change. If this new scheme will

do it that is fine. I have yet to be convinced. What about your

recent pronouncements on cuts? You say you are opposed to the

Government's policy, but also that you would keep the cuts.

It is a long last. Now you're saying you were backing the cuts?

We are not saying that. We are seeing that the government is going

too far and too fast. If we were in government today we would be making

different choices. We would be going at a slower pace. We want to

protect services. We think it is bad for the economy that the

Government is making the cuts at this rate. But I cannot pretend to

promise to reverse the cuts. The Government is making a mess of the

economy. I cannot make a promise now. Most people would say that is

a responsible approach. That is a confusing stance for the electorate.

They are now likely to see you as another Tory party. I do not agree

with that. We have got a different position. We are not going to make

promises for the future that we cannot keep. We would make

different choices. The Government is planning to reduce taxes on the

banks. I say that is the wrong choice. It is a different choice.

Let us talk about the unions. The unions have attacked you over this.

Is fighting the unions a good idea? You need to win back support

particularly in this area. I do not think so. Most union members will

think that the priority is jobs. The main disagreement with has and

the unions is over this specific issue. We think there is a choice

between the pay rises or keeping jobs. We think we should keep jobs.

That is in the interests of all union members.

By D. -- thank you. Let us get a response to that.

Steve Morphew you were a former trade union officer. I do not like

what I have been hearing. The message is quite clear. The

policies of the Government are feeling. The economy is flat mining.

-- the economy has gone flat. do not like where he is starting

from? He is relying on the failures of the Government. If tax revenues

were coming and he would have a different set of options. Brandon

Lewis, it is good news for the Conservatives is it not that Ed

Miliband is angry with the unions? You could say that. Ed Miliband is

saying he would put off the tough decisions. We are trying to clear

up the mess we were left. It is like a credit card. Steve Morphew,

do you agree that Ed Miliband is presenting a confused picture?

not. The speed of implementation of the cuts is having a negative

economic impact. Money is being taken out of investments. That is

being capped at the same time as current spending. That is short-

sighted. The IMF recognise that. Labour are not making the point

that we should not be making the cuts. We want to get the interest

payments down and get the economy moving. What about the idea of

putting a levy on back bonuses? Do you agree with that? The tax that

we have put on the banks is bringing in more money than a one-

off tax that Labour had. The Government has to be careful about

how far it delves into private institutions. We have got to be

careful about where the line is. set regulations for all sorts of

things. People negotiate through these problems in the public sector.

It should be the same in the private sector. I'm will come back

to Ian Botham a moment. Now it is time for our political

Where there is discord may we bring harmony. The release of the film

that Iron Lady has raised the question of dementia. This is top

of the government agenda. Top of the agenda for Basildon are plans

for an upgrade of its time centre. It is all concrete.

Under this canal has undergone at renewal.

And a more modern form of transport made the news as the government

promised to look at a new airport in Essex. If we can afford the

Olympics we can afford to give ourselves the sort of a report that

would allow more people to get into the country. This existing airport

wants to double the number of passengers. Luton Airport.

Let us talk about Boris Johnson's plans for an airport. This is one

of the reasons we agreed not to have third runway at Heathrow. We

have got to look at our aviation capability. We have got to look at

that possibility. We will need to wait for the report. Steve Morphew

what do you think about expansion plans for aviation? It should be

about improving the quality of emissions. We should not be pumping

more carbon dioxide into the ear. - - into that atmosphere. We could

make improvements on that the railways between Norwich and London.