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HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportThe causes of those 1 million young people being NEET are deeper than the advent of jobs being lost to AI. None the less, the hon. Member makes an important point, and that is why…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportAs I said in response to an earlier question about conversations with the Welsh Government, I am due to meet my Scottish counterpart next week. Such conversations take place…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI agree, but my hon. Friend will appreciate that the Department for Education lead on family hubs.02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI spend a great deal of time talking to young people about what they need to support them into work. Clearly, at the moment, we are waiting for the recommendations of the Milburn…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportWe are still waiting for the recommendations, but I will feed in my hon. Friend’s suggestion because I think it is a good one.02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI agree with the hon. Gentleman and that is what we are seeking to do, not least with the youth guarantee.02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI hope my hon. Friend has recognised a sincere conviction in the narrative around the publication of the report in recent days that this must be a key priority right across…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportThe hon. Lady will be aware that business rates are a question for the Treasury, but we are looking at a range of interventions through the youth guarantee and other interventions…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI do accept that, and the hon. Member will be aware of our work with Charlie Mayfield. He may also be aware that we have recently appointed Marc Bolland, a former chief executive…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI am due to meet the new employment spokesperson for the Welsh Government as the devolution lead for the Department, and I will be very interested to hear their ideas. This needs…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI extend my congratulations to those young people. I know that my hon. Friend takes a significant interest in higher education, and I hope he will pass on my congratulations…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportMy hon. Friend raises an incredibly important point. As I have said in a number of answers, we need to work creatively and holistically with colleagues in the Department for…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportIf the hon. Gentleman wishes to have a debate on why young people not in education, employment or training are struggling as they are, he would do well to look at his party’s…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI certainly agree with my hon. Friend about the power of devolution—it is something that he and I know only too well from our roles as leaders within the Greater Manchester…02 Jun 2026HANSARD Relationship between Social Security Scotland and the DWPIf it is okay with the hon. Lady, I will come to the broad thrust of the problem she has identified later in my speech. It is quite complex, in that there are also some challenges…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportLast week, Alan Milburn produced a powerful report on the crisis of opportunity facing young people. The Secretary of State asked him to lead this work because it is a crisis that…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI am very keen to look at all opportunities to bring down mental health lists, and if my hon. Friend wants to share information with me directly, I am happy to look at it further.02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportI would not put it quite in the terms used by the right hon. Lady, but jingoistic rhetoric is a feature of her new place in this House. As I said in response to my hon. Friend the…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportWhere I disagree with the hon. Gentleman is that I am here to answer questions about the interim report from Alan Milburn, who himself points to a problem that is longer and more…02 Jun 2026HANSARDMilburn Review: Interim ReportThe hon. Gentleman has elevated me to Cabinet level—something that is at least premature, if not unlikely ever to happen, I suspect. I refer him to the Milburn report, because it…02 Jun 2026