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Debate on Thursday, 12 October 2017, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Knight of Weymouth. The answering member was Viscount Younger of Leckie.


Future of Work

Lords motion to take note of the effect of globalisation, technology and demographic change on the future of work, and of the public policy response to those changes. Agreed to on question.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
785 cc336-373 
Session
2017-19
Department
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2017-0625
Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Knight of Weymouth | 785 cc342-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful for this opportunity to open a debate on one of the profound politic...

Baroness Sugg | 785 cc345-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a time-limited debate and the time limit for speeches today is five minutes,

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Lord Patten | 785 cc346-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall have to be quick. There is nothing new in economic history in the ups and downs...

Lord Giddens | 785 cc347-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Knight on having secured this debate, on introducin...

Baroness Wyld | 785 cc349-350 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am delighted to rise for the first time to speak. In the short time that I have been ...

Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury | 785 cc350-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a real pleasure to follow the maiden speech of my

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Baroness Bakewell | 785 cc352-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Wyld, on her speech and welcome her to the Cham...

Lord Rees of Ludlow | 785 cc353-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the big social and economic question is: will this new machine age be like earlier disr...

Baroness Morris of Yardley | 785 cc354-6 (Link to this contribution)

First, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Knight on bringing this debate to the House. He is a l...

Baroness Wheatcroft | 785 cc355-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, on securing this debate and ope...

Lord Young of Norwood Green | 785 cc357-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Knight on ensuring a debate on this vital iss...

Lord Haskel | 785 cc358-360 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on introducing this debate. We have debated this topic f...

Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 785 cc360-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we should be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Knight, for introducing this important de...

Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 785 cc362-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak briefly in the gap. I was very impressed by ...

Lord Fox | 785 cc363-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join this House in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Wyld, on her accomplished ...

Baroness Prosser | 785 cc365-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Wyld, on her very thoughtful m...

Viscount Younger of Leckie | 785 cc368-372 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, on securing the debate on this ...

Lord Knight of Weymouth | 785 cc372-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be extremely brief in thanking all noble Lords for their contributions. I congra...

Subjects
Conditions of employment Carers Apprentices Digital technology Women Employment Innovation Ethnic groups Flexible working Job creation Redundancy Older workers Training Technology Vocational education Automation Artificial intelligence World economy
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