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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think I had better keep this brief. The answer, as the hon. Lady very well knows, is that we are hard at work negotiating our potential accession to Horizon. That is our…03 May 2023HANSARDEconomic InactivityI thank my right hon. Friend for that answer, and for the measures he set out in the Budget. I support the fiscal measures he has taken regarding the pensions lifetime allowance,…21 Mar 2023HANSARDEconomic Inactivity15. What fiscal steps he is taking to help reduce economic inactivity.21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationMay I—possibly in advance of myself—welcome the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton) to the House? I worked closely with her predecessor on the British Sign Language…16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic Situationrose —16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationMy right hon. Friend is very kind. May I say how pleased I am to see this work making progress? Does he agree that all these factors together make for a golden opportunity to…16 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayThose figures are really interesting and obviously a great empirical example, but does my hon. Friend have any thoughts on how we may have achieved 50% of the teachers being…09 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy hon. Friend is being very generous with her time. I agree with her point on Afghanistan, on which I heard some particularly powerful anecdotes from the Street Child charity…09 Mar 2023HANSARDAccess to Primary CareAt a time when GP and A&E services are under pressure, I am pleased to see the ministerial team’s focus on helping people to see a doctor when they need to. Does the Minister…07 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI echo the concern of my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones) about Access to Work. Can I ask what progress is being made on the disability action…06 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. The Chancellor was right to argue last autumn that the NHS needs to help people into work. Will he bring forward more thinking on this as part of his inactivity review or in…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPayroll Employees: Economic GrowthI am glad my right hon. Friends have taken up the urgent issue of economic inactivity. Does the Minister agree that support for disability and poor health must be improved to help…07 Feb 2023HANSARDPayroll Employees: Economic Growth15. If he will make an assessment of the potential contribution of payroll employees to supporting economic growth.07 Feb 2023HANSARDBritish Sign LanguageI welcome that update. Will the advisory board be on track ahead of that first statutory reporting date? When will the statutory guidance be commenced? Furthermore, will my hon.…25 Jan 2023HANSARDBritish Sign Language5. What recent progress she has made in implementing the British Sign Language Act 2022.25 Jan 2023HANSARDWomen’s Health Strategy for EnglandI welcome that update, and the tone and, as always, the calm confidence with which the Minister provides it. Does she agree with me and with the Chancellor that the NHS has to…24 Jan 2023HANSARDIncentivising Return to the Labour MarketI welcome that work and wish my right hon. Friend well in concluding his review. Many disabled people and people with long-term health conditions want to work and we should help…23 Jan 2023HANSARDIncentivising Return to the Labour Market4. What steps his Department is taking to incentivise people to return to the labour market.23 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. I welcome the Secretary of State’s brief update just now on the special educational needs and disabilities Green Paper. It is right to get the correct support to families and…16 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up FundIn Mile Cross in my constituency, healthy life expectancy is below the national average, children’s social mobility is in the bottom 10% of the country, per capita rates of…21 Nov 2022