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HANSARD Access to Work SchemeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairwomanship, Mrs Harris. I congratulate the hon. Member for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick) on securing this important debate…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Access to Work SchemeI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that case. The Minister for Social Security and Disability, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), has…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Access to Work SchemeI fully appreciate that the case is not unique, and that far too many people are not getting the service we want them to have through Access to Work. I will say a little about…15 Apr 2026HANSARD Access to Work SchemeThe Department for Work and Pensions will always be looking at and evaluating the schemes we have, and what the cost is if a scheme is not available to people, so that work will…15 Apr 2026HANSARDIncomes and Living Standards: Statistics ReleaseThe Department for Work and Pensions has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2024-25—the last three months of the previous Government as…26 Mar 2026HANSARDCrisis and Resilience FundThis Government recognise that greater certainty helps local authorities to design and deliver sustainable plans for local welfare. As announced by the Chancellor as part of the…25 Mar 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Bolton North EastUnder the last Government an additional 900,000 children became part of the child poverty statistics, but as a result of our Child Poverty Strategy, published in December, 550,000…09 Mar 2026HANSARDChild Poverty: Bolton North EastReducing child poverty is a moral imperative for us all, and for this Government in particular. We know that growing up in poverty damages children’s health, education and future…09 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith the Minister for Skills now working jointly across the DFE and DWP, we have very clear collaboration. We have already launched eight youth guarantee trailblazers, which are…09 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is exactly right. This is why we need to ensure that jobcentres have really good engagement with local employers, including manufacturers. She will be pleased to…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Place-based Employment Support ProgrammesIt is a pleasure, as always, to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Southport (Patrick Hurley) on securing this…10 Feb 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentThe right hon. Gentleman, who is a close neighbour in East Yorkshire, says that I am being partial and only giving part of the picture. I think I have been setting out a very full…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to end and insert: “welcomes the Government’s commitment to invest in young people’s futures; notes that the UK has the…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI am just going to complete the Conservatives’ record, because I think it would be beneficial for us all to hear it. When the Conservatives were chucked out, the youth…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI will give way to my near neighbour.28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentNo, I will make some progress. Put simply, the Conservatives cut off opportunity for young people. They wrote them off, and then they blamed young people for the position they…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentNo, I am going to make some progress. We are investing in young people to turn around the dire legacy that the Conservatives left behind. We are supporting young people so that…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI will later on, but I want to get this on the record. We know that if someone falls out of the workforce— [ Interruption. ] The Conservative MPs chuntering from a sedentary…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentMy hon. Friend is exactly right. That is the kind of initiative that will help deliver for these young people who are out of work, particularly with health problems, health…28 Jan 2026HANSARD Youth UnemploymentI will come on to talk a little about some of the accusations levelled at the Government in relation to national insurance contributions, so I shall deal with that point later in…28 Jan 2026