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HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceWe should wait and see what the Chancellor says, and I am hopeful about that. I re-emphasise that means-tested benefits can increase payments to carers quite significantly. I am…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceI think the noble Lord is asking me whether people on carer’s allowance will automatically get means-tested benefits. There are other benefits which are means tested and cannot…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceMy very straightforward answer is that there are no plans for a review or working group on this. Knowing how vociferous the noble Baroness is about things that matter to her, I…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceThe Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work is looking forward to an early meeting with Carers UK to discuss this and its recent report. Our main conclusion from that…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceI completely agree with my noble friend that the situation is urgent. We have launched the People at the Heart of Care White Paper, which set out a 10-year vision for reforming…17 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceI accept that the requests in the paper are modest—I really do. I must pay tribute to the work that carers do; it is much valued and respected. With regard to a top-up or an extra…17 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 17 October be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this instrument, which, subject to approval, will create the framework within which pensions dashboards will operate. Pensions dashboards are…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022I appreciate that intervention and I undertake to write on the four remaining points, and perhaps offer a meeting to wash up and identify those things I have not dealt with as…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022I note the noble Baroness’s point. This is something that we will take back with officials and to the relevant authorities, and it is something else that I shall write about and I…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022My Lords, I know all noble Lords across the House care passionately about the success of pensions dashboards. I remember well the quality of debate during the passage of the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock, for raising this Motion, and noble Lords for their contributions. I would also like to thank representatives of the Secondary…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022The answer to that question is that I will need to write to the noble Baroness. She raised it in our meeting and I have asked my officials to prepare me a written answer so that I…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022The noble Baroness, Lady Lister, saves the best line till last. I have no doubt that we want to take people with us; we want to know what does not work, and we want to amend it. I…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022I think I have emphasised the value of regular meetings, updating people and giving them the opportunity to advise us of things they are worried about and things that have gone…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022I have no intention of talking as if that is the answer and nothing will be wrong after that. I understand that it has a fixed life. Our job is to work with these people, and I…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUnemployment FiguresI completely agree with the noble Lord on the points he raises and the fact that there are 9 million economically inactive people. We have a breakdown of the groups that they fall…20 Oct 2022HANSARDUnemployment FiguresI believe that the Secretary of State for Health, Thérèse Coffey, is focusing on this. I am sorry; I am really not trying to duck the issue, but the fact of the matter is that it…20 Oct 2022HANSARDMinister for EqualitiesI think that is a very important intervention and the noble Baroness can see from the House’s response that people agree with it. I have my first meeting with Nadhim Zahawi next…20 Oct 2022HANSARDUnemployment FiguresI believe that there are a number of activities that the Department for Education is working on to ensure that employers take full use of apprenticeships, and that the National…20 Oct 2022