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Proceeding contribution from Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 June 2022. It occurred during Adjournment debate on DWP Office Closures.


DWP Office Closures

It is good to see the Department for Work and Pensions preparing itself for an independent Scotland, but that is not the point I want to make. The point I want to make to the Minister is on areas of economic deprivation. Some of these offices will be closing in areas of economic deprivation—I am thinking of Springburn in Glasgow, for example, and I have raised the concerns that the businesses have—which seems to go against the levelling-up agenda. How would the Minister square her argument with the fact that offices in areas of high economic deprivation are closing?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c250 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Cost effectiveness Closures Civil servants Department for Work and Pensions Equality Redundancy Offices Impact assessments
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk