YES - GERWYN DAVIES, public policy adviser, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Our members tell us that school leavers are the group they are least likely to recruit from in 2010. For this reason the CIPD thinks that for one year the government should freeze the youth rate of the national minimum wage.
By reducing the cost of employing young people, businesses will be more likely to take them on, offering valuable work experience and development. Freezing the rate will increase job opportunities for the vast number of young people who have been badly affected by this recession.
NO - FIONA BLACKE, chief executive, National Youth Agency
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