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HANSARD Welfare ReformUnless we cut waiting times and waiting lists in the NHS, people cannot get back to health and back to work—many employers have said to me that they are deeply concerned about…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI will look into that issue in detail, and will respond to the hon. Gentleman as soon as I can.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. At the heart of our mission is providing equal rights and choices for disabled people to work. We will be working with disabled people and…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformAbsolutely—that is very important for me personally and for the Government as a whole. We want people in Scotland to have the same chances and choices to work if they can as…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI absolutely agree. Indeed, before I was appointed to this position, as a constituency MP in opposition I discussed with my local jobcentre and the armed forces recruitment team…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformMy hon. Friend is right that those with the broadest shoulders should bear the biggest burden, which is why I am very proud that we have closed loopholes in the non-dom tax…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI am very happy to send a highlighted version of our manifesto to the right hon. Gentleman, where we said we would reform or replace the WCA, we said we would make sure we dealt…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformYes. We will not get this right unless we draw on the huge strengths of our voluntary and community organisations. I have never believed that there are hard-to-reach groups; it is…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI thank my hon. Friend for her response. We will publish the equality and poverty impact analyses alongside the spring statement. I know that she is a lifelong champion of sick…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThis Government are ambitious for our people and our country. We believe that unleashing the talents of the British people is the key to our future success. But the social…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe time limit is one of the things we are consulting on in the Green Paper and I look forward to hearing the hon. Gentleman’s views on that. On the expectation to engage, it is…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformMy hon. Friend is a passionate advocate of these issues and she is right: we have to do far more to work with employers to ensure that those basic reasonable adjustments are made.…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThere is very clear evidence that good work is good for mental health. That is the case for people with anxiety and depression, but also for those with more severe conditions such…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI absolutely commit to doing that.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI agree with my hon. Friend: I know people are worried and concerned and that is a really important issue. It is why I disagreed with the Opposition spokesman saying that we need…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformNo.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformMy right hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disability is looking at that. I am sure that he will discuss those issues with my hon. Friend, if he would like that.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI think that many disabled people felt disregarded and ignored under the Conservative Government. We will be working with disabled people and the organisations that represent them…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI take the issues relating to the measures I have announced today very seriously. We want to ensure that all the assessment processes and training are properly scrutinised, and we…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThat is absolutely essential for me personally, and for the Government as a whole, and I give that assurance to the hon. Lady. However, I gently say to her that pensioner poverty…18 Mar 2025