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HANSARD Welfare ReformI have been a lifelong champion of family carers, who give their all to looking after the people they love. My hon. Friend will know that we have already boosted the carer’s…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI agree with my hon. Friend that keeping older people physically independent for as long as possible is vital. That is one of the reasons why we are investing an extra £26 billion…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI am happy for the hon. Gentleman to write to me about that constituent so I can look at the issue.18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe hon. Lady is right to champion her constituents’ needs. We recently undertook a survey of people on sickness and disability benefits, and two in five of them said that they…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI promised I would keep my answers shorter, because so many colleagues want to get in. Our youth guarantee will be rolled out from next month. Mayors and local leaders will bring…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe Conservatives did not have a plan. The former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for Godalming and Ash (Jeremy Hunt), admitted during the general election campaign that the…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformIt does not mean that. Every single case is assessed on individual need. It is really important that the hon. Lady and her constituents understand that we will protect those with…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformOur Keep Britain Working review, led by the former John Lewis boss Sir Charlie Mayfield, is dealing with precisely that issue: what more we can do to help employers to give sick…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformYes, I would. People in Scotland deserve the same chances and choices to work. They deserve to get skills and training, to not have young people leaving school without the…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe hon. Lady may not know, but we have a fraud Bill going through Parliament right now, because we believe that £8 billion being wasted on fraud every single year is…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI am really sorry to hear about what has happened to the hon. Gentleman’s constituent and his family, and the impact it had on them. There is absolutely more that we need to do to…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThis is absolutely about areas like those represented by my hon. Friend—areas that have been written off and denied opportunities for so long. It is really important that we look…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI do understand the worry and anxiety. I hope I have made it clear to the House today that I do not start from a position of being tough: I start precisely from a position of…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe hon. Gentleman may know that Government Members strongly believe in and support the independence of the OBR and the processes behind it. We can give overall figures today, but…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformLabour Members believe that good work and employment rights make it more likely that people will take work, and that they will keep people in work—that is why we are bringing…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI know that my hon. Friend cares passionately about these issues, and I have spoken to her about them many times. I absolutely agree, and we commit that people who will never be…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformI hope that from now on, hon. Members will focus on the proposals that we are actually putting forward. Culture really matters—that is why we launched an independent investigation…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThis is something that is personally important to me and the Minister for Social Security and Disability. We have seen cases in which, unbelievably, people whose disability will…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformThe hon. Lady will forgive me if I do not talk about any health issues I may or may not have had in the past, although she is brave enough to talk about them in this House.…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Welfare ReformAspiration, compassion, care and fairness are absolutely the hallmarks of this Government—that is why we are bringing forward these reforms. As I said earlier to the House, I do…18 Mar 2025