Will the Minister join me in welcoming the recent labour figures for Northern Ireland showing 3.9% unemployment, which is down from over

What steps the Government are taking to strengthen the Northern Ireland economy.

Will the Minister join me in welcoming the recent labour figures for Northern Ireland showing 3.9% unemployment, which is down from over

Granted, but I spent a great deal of my life looking after children and so on.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) on securing this debate on such an important subject.

Indeed we will. The nub of my point is that many of us come to this place as women and as carers.

I agree with my hon. Friend, but it also affects those of us who were in our late 40s when we received the letters.

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point.

What choices! I give way to my hon. Friend from the south-west first.

In that case, I shall finish, Madam Deputy Speaker, and let somebody else speak.