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HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that important contribution. I and the Minister for Social Security and Disability would be keen to hear more about that work. I recently…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperThe Government believe that disabled people have the same rights as everybody else, including the right to work. Our mission is to break down the barriers. Many disabled people…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. Yes, I agree that we have got to tackle the root causes of the problem and have an NHS and social care system that is fit for purpose. We…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank my hon. Friend for that important question. The Minister for Social Security and Disability and I are working hard to tear down the barriers to disabled people being able…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperMay I say gently to the hon. Lady, who I personally like and have a great deal of time for, that the only people who dodge difficult decisions on welfare are the Conservatives?…26 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI am afraid I will disappoint the hon. Gentleman: we will look at relative poverty after housing costs, but we will go further and look to alleviate the very deepest poverty. It…11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyMake Lunch sounds like an absolutely brilliant charity, and I ask my hon. Friend to pass on our great thanks for its fantastic work. That work is urgent, because the Child Poverty…11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyI am sure that, like me, my hon. Friend thinks that it is unacceptable that an estimated one in six children in her constituency is growing up poor. We have taken immediate action…11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingThe legacy we inherited is almost 1 million young people not in education, employment or training—nearly one in eight—with all the long-term consequences we know that can bring…11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingThe hon. Lady’s party left nearly a million young people not in education, employment or training, and almost a record number of people—2.8 million— out of work owing to long-term…11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingI, too, welcome the hon. Lady to her post. As she has said, while we will always have our political differences we have also worked closely and constructively on issues that…11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyThis morning the nation fell silent to pay tribute to all those who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces, and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Today we…11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingJust last week I visited a very large employer in my constituency, Tesco, and saw the fantastic work that it is doing with the King’s Trust to ensure that more people get into…11 Nov 2024HANSARDYoung People Not in Education, Employment or TrainingThe “Get Britain Working” White Paper will be published imminently, backed by £240 million of investment announced by the Chancellor in the Budget. I look forward very much to…11 Nov 2024HANSARDChild PovertyThe Minister from Northern Ireland is a member of our child poverty taskforce. I hope to visit soon and the co-chair of the taskforce, the Secretary of State for Education, my…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very proud of a Budget that invests in the long-term growth that this country needs, that gives a pay rise to the 3 million lowest-paid workers, and that invests in the NHS…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I gently say this to the hon. Lady? She should be apologising, because we have record numbers of people out of work due to long-term sickness; one in eight young people is not…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an extremely important point. It is not right that his constituent, who wants to work, has suffered from a mental health problem but does not have the…11 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Budget took the first steps in this Government’s plan to drive up opportunity and drive down poverty in every corner of the country: it included an additional £240 million for…11 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers: SupportMy hon. Friend is right: 60% of unpaid carers are women, but women spend more hours caring, so they are disproportionately represented when it comes to receiving carer’s…11 Nov 2024