In response, Chris Bryant, shadow immigration minister, cited figures showing that at least 107 times during those 15 days, the targets were breached.
It is widely known that snooker has suffered financially following the government enforced withdrawal of tobacco sponsorship, while TV viewing figures are a shadow of what they were during the 1980s.
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Shadow education minister Karen Buck said the figures showed a jump of 100, 000 young people not in education, employment or training since the 2010 General Election and that the government was allowing the talents of too many young people to go to waste.
Shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain said the unemployment figures were "shocking", telling the House there had been a 20% rise in the number of women claiming job seeker's allowance since May 2010 and an increase of a fifth in those out of work for more than a year.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Paul Burstow MP, said the figures were a wake up call for the government.
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Opening an opposition-led debate in the Commons on 16 February 2011, shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne said official unemployment figures out today showed that young people were being hit hard by the coalition's economic policies.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls praised the news but said that the figures "show that underlying growth remains weak".
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Shadow work and pensions secretary Liam Byrne welcomed the fall in unemployment, but added the figures showed "shaky foundations".
Mr Lammy, the shadow higher education minister, said Oxford University "needs to show more humility about its woeful admissions figures".
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Her comments followed a question from shadow home office minister Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, who asserted that the government did not keep figures on how many police stations were closing because the numbers were "too embarrassing".
Rolls-Royce's sales figures are the best since 1978 when the company sold 3, 347 cars, mainly of the Silver Shadow II model.
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves told the BBC it had taken Labour some time to go through the figures and talk to people who would be affected by the changes.
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