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HANSARDChild Poverty StrategyI thank the noble Baroness for her question. The Children’s Commissioner’s report, as I am sure she knows, made pretty harrowing reading—as it should. If we are going to tackle…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsMy Lords, we already undertake a number of face-to-face health assessments for people applying for sickness benefits. However, as announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, we…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsMy Lords, most assessments are done in assessment centres. Many of those are conducted by providers because we have to have health providers to do them. My noble friend may be…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsThere are various ways in which you can do an assessment. The starting point is that assessments can be done on paper where there is clear medical evidence of somebody’s diagnosis…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsMy Lords, I am sure that, if the noble Lord tracked those statistics back, he would see when the numbers began to rise—it was not under this Government. I know that he is making…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsThe noble Baroness is absolutely right: there is no doubt that there has been a growth in people claiming support and not being in work as a result of mental health conditions,…10 Sept 2025HANSARDSickness Benefits: In-person InterviewsThe noble Baroness asks an interesting question. I do not know whether it was on her watch but she may remember that, in 2022, under the previous Government, the department ran a…10 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, I presume the noble Lord is referring to the stories about universal credit. The structure of universal credit was created by the last Government. It was designed to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, the labour market is resilient, with high employment and falling inactivity, but we acknowledge that there is more to be done, particularly for young people and those…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, I do not want to trade stats with the noble Lord but, hey, why not? If he looks carefully, as I am sure he has, at the most recent set of local labour market data, he…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, if ever a Bill was set to be relitigated on a weekly basis, this House is the place to do it. The Government remain committed to our Employment Rights Bill. We believe…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy noble friend raises a very important point about illegal working. There are certainly all kinds of difficulties attached to it. She mentioned human trafficking, but there is…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketThe answer to the noble Lord’s question is no. The Government have had to take tough decisions and we knew that they would have some impact. However, all the signs are going in…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPublic Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 7, Schedule 1, Clauses 8 to 70, Schedule 2, Clauses 71 to 75, Schedule…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketMy Lords, as I am sure the noble Baroness knows, transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and Transport for London.08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketI am advised that legislation is making its way through Parliament and will come to this House in due course, so we will have plenty of opportunity to debate it.08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketAs I have said before, I can reassure the House that the Government are committed to their Employment Rights Bill and will make sure that the measures in it go ahead. There is a…08 Sept 2025HANSARDLabour MarketAre you finished? As I was saying, the Government understand that this is very disappointing for passengers, including the noble Baroness, and for businesses. We continue to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillMy Lords, on top of the usual joys of a debate such as this, we are blessed today by the unusual combination of a maiden and a valedictory. I look forward very much to the maiden…22 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit BillThat the Bill be now read a second time. Northern Ireland legislative consent sought.22 Jul 2025