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HANSARDNursing Workforce: Recruitment and RetentionWorkforce does matter enormously to backlogs and cancer backlogs in particular. I have come here straight from a mammogram two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer.…01 Nov 2022HANSARDEconomically Inactive PeopleI wish my right hon. Friend and his team every success in leading this vital mission in Government, helping people into work and protecting the most vulnerable. As he says, with…31 Oct 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It is a pleasure to move the Second Reading of the Bill in this role, and I welcome the new member of my ministerial team,…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]The Chair of the Select Committee makes, as ever, a thoughtful point. I very much look forward to working with him and the Committee. Yes, our evaluation did look at exactly that…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]I am very pleased that the hon. Gentleman is engaging seriously with this very important matter. I have seen his private Member’s Bill and I know that my colleagues in the…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]Yes, that is absolutely the case. There have been extensive conversations with clinicians and those in the hospice movement more broadly. I join my hon. Friend in paying tribute…08 Sept 2022HANSARD Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [Lords]The hon. Lady is absolutely right. We want to get the greatest amount of support as simply as possible to those who need it the most. To that end, my officials and I have been…08 Sept 2022HANSARDFemale EntrepreneursThe enterprise investment scheme has specific objectives. It is designed to encourage investment in higher risk early stage companies. However, the Government are committed to…13 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen in the WorkplaceI thank the hon. and learned Lady for that question. She is, as we all know, very thoughtful on these issues and looks very carefully at the important consequences of the issues…13 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen in the WorkplaceContinuing the previous theme, we are committed to helping women in every workplace and we have announced new initiatives to do that. For example, we have called on all employers…13 Jul 2022HANSARDFemale EntrepreneursWe set up a taskforce on women-led high growth enterprise, which met for the first time this month. It will use its convening power to influence high growth investors and the…13 Jul 2022HANSARDFemale EntrepreneursThe Government are committed to a range of ways to help families—not just women, but parents—with childcare. There is a set of messages we could let go out from this exchange…13 Jul 2022HANSARDWomen in the WorkplaceMy right hon. Friend, as always, makes vital points and I am very pleased that she does. I will ask the Minister for Women and Equalities to write to her with a fuller update so…13 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. [Interruption.]13 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will be meeting the Department for Transport’s disability champion this very afternoon, and I will take that question to discuss with her.13 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, passionately, and the Equality Act 2010 sets out ways in which local authorities should ensure that. I will make sure that departmental colleagues know of my hon. Friend’s…13 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pension GapI am sure that the Pensions Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman), would be happy to have a further conversation on that. Automatic enrolment is important.…13 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pension GapI will ask my colleague the employment Minister to write to my right hon. Friend to ensure she has a full update, and I touch briefly on an example such as mandatory pay gap…13 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI apologise for the confusion, Mr Speaker. The answer to the hon. Lady’s question is yes: I am happy to do that.13 Jul 2022HANSARDGender Pension GapThe Government are committed to addressing the gender pension gap. Automatic enrolment and the new state pension are already enabling more women to build up retirement provision.…13 Jul 2022