mr. gordon birtwistle. >> thank you, mr. speaker., burnley was classed as an unemployment blackspot. in 2014, unemployment has fallen to 3.5% and we are no longer a blackspot. could i advise my right hon. friend that the economic plan of the coalition government of the conservatives and liberal democrats is working in burnley? >> first of all, can i thank him for what he says, but also commend him, commend his leadership on fighting for more apprenticeships, more skills and more training for young people in burnley? the long-term economic plan is succeeding in burnley, as it is in the rest of the country. >> hear, hear! >> order. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you have been watching prime minister's questions. question time is at 7:00 a.m. eastern and on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m.. watch any time at c-span.org, where you can find video of past prime ministers questions and other british public affairs programs. british prime mini

mr. gordon birtwistle. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. in 2009 -- black spots.n 2014 unemployment has fallen to 3.5%. we are no longer a black spot. could i advise my right honorable friend -- [inaudible] economic plan is working? >> first of all can i thank him for what he says. but also commend him -- [shouting] commit his leadership on fight for more apprenticeship, more skills, more training, for young people. it is succeeding. the long-term economic plan is succeeding as it is in the rest of the country. [shouting] >> question time airs live on c-span 2 and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern pacific and eastern -- eastern and pacific on c-span. british prime minister david cameron appeared before a parliamentary committee on wednesday to answer questions on the u.k.'s relationship with scotland after the independence referendum. on september 18, scotland voted in favor of staying in the united kingdom. the two nations are working on issues such a social security, health, transportation and public financing. made up of committee chairman of the house of commons sel

mr. gordon birtwistle. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. in 2009 -- black spots. in 2014 unemployment has fallen to 3.5%. we are no longer a black spot. could i advise my right honorable friend -- [inaudible] economic plan is working? >> first of all can i thank him for what he says. but also commend him -- [shouting] commit his leadership on fight for more apprenticeship, more skills, more training, for young people. it is succeeding. the long-term economic plan is succeeding as it is in the rest of the country. [shouting] >> order. point of order. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. earlier and during the cabinet office, what i thought was erasable question come not even to get any answer your but can he do as a speaker to make sure that ministers do, to the south and answer questions properly? >> the honorable gentleman is a very expensive member of the house and he will no that the responsibility of the chair is to ensure order. the chair cannot ordinarily intervene in the content of an answer, but to do so would be to evaluate. it's not for the charity evalu