My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. There are very good FE colleges all over the north-east of England, with my local one in Gateshead being a very good example, but I am sad to say that when young people are leaving those colleges with skills, they are doing what generations of Geordies have done: leave to come south for jobs because there is not the investment in the north-east of England.
Finance (No. 2) Bill
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Ian Mearns
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 December 2017.
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Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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