Statements on the publication of the first report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Employment support for disabled people: Connect to Work, (HC 77).

Statements on the publication of the first report of the Work and Pensions Committee, Employment support for disabled people: Connect to Work, (HC 77).

I am pleased to present the Work and Pensions Committee’s second report in our employment support for disabled people inquiry series. Our first report, “Disability at Work”, examined workplace issues impacting on disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, who I will now refer to as disabled people. These...

I am pleased to present the Work and Pensions Committee’s second report in our employment support for disabled people inquiry series. Our first report, “Disability at Work”, examined workplace issues impacting on disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, who I will now refer to as disabled people. These...

Lords motion to take note of the economic implications of the Government's approach to welfare reforms and the current levels of youth unemployment. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to take note of the economic implications of the Government's approach to welfare reforms and the current levels of youth unemployment. Agreed to on question.

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Younger on his 15 years’ service on the Front Bench. He was an outstanding public servant and is very much missed in your Lordships’ House.

All of us can remember our first job and the moment we got our first pay...

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Younger on his 15 years’ service on the Front Bench. He was an outstanding public servant and is very much missed in your Lordships’ House.

All of us can remember our first job and the moment we got our first pay...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Evans, and I congratulate him on securing this debate. I must declare an interest as the executive chairman of Iceland Foods.

Hanging on the wall in our boardroom is a framed version of the company’s guiding values. It proclaims...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Evans, and I congratulate him on securing this debate. I must declare an interest as the executive chairman of Iceland Foods.

Hanging on the wall in our boardroom is a framed version of the company’s guiding values. It proclaims...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Walker of Broxton. He has a huge amount of practical advice but, as he said, we cannot keep kicking the can down the road. Youth unemployment, he said, was a tragedy, and I agree with him. We have...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Walker of Broxton. He has a huge amount of practical advice but, as he said, we cannot keep kicking the can down the road. Youth unemployment, he said, was a tragedy, and I agree with him. We have...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and a particular pleasure to hear the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Walker. I could not agree more with almost everything he said. I declare my interest as a retired member of a farming family in...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and a particular pleasure to hear the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Walker. I could not agree more with almost everything he said. I declare my interest as a retired member of a farming family in...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for securing this debate and to all taking part. Noble Lords may differ on the diagnosis but I think the whole House shares the same concern for the young people behind these figures.

I begin by noting that...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for securing this debate and to all taking part. Noble Lords may differ on the diagnosis but I think the whole House shares the same concern for the young people behind these figures.

I begin by noting that...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow on introducing this important and timely debate.

Successive Governments have had to deal with rising levels of youth unemployment for a range of reasons, including economic shocks, deindustrialisation and changing patterns of demand. I recall from earlier years, as no...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow on introducing this important and timely debate.

Successive Governments have had to deal with rising levels of youth unemployment for a range of reasons, including economic shocks, deindustrialisation and changing patterns of demand. I recall from earlier years, as no...

My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity in this debate to explore why youth unemployment is so high in our education system. It is deplorable that we have 1 million young people aged 16 to 24 who have never had work and who, as the right reverend Prelate the...

My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity in this debate to explore why youth unemployment is so high in our education system. It is deplorable that we have 1 million young people aged 16 to 24 who have never had work and who, as the right reverend Prelate the...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for this debate. Its urgency is exemplified by Alan Milburn’s important review of young people and work, which, as people

have said, is brimming with shocking and scandalous revelations. Not only are 1 million young people aged 16 to 24 not...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, for this debate. Its urgency is exemplified by Alan Milburn’s important review of young people and work, which, as people

have said, is brimming with shocking and scandalous revelations. Not only are 1 million young people aged 16 to 24 not...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, on securing this debate and on the largely non-partisan way in which he explained the problem.

I would love to see cross-party consensus on welfare reform, but if we are to get that, I totally agree with my noble friend...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Evans of Rainow, on securing this debate and on the largely non-partisan way in which he explained the problem.

I would love to see cross-party consensus on welfare reform, but if we are to get that, I totally agree with my noble friend...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans on his excellent introduction to this debate, full of relevant facts and analysis. Indeed, we at the Resolution Foundation—I declare an interest as its president—have tried to contribute to such an analysis. It is absolutely clear that this is a British...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans on his excellent introduction to this debate, full of relevant facts and analysis. Indeed, we at the Resolution Foundation—I declare an interest as its president—have tried to contribute to such an analysis. It is absolutely clear that this is a British...

It is a pleasure to follow in the wake of my noble friend Lord Willetts and to join others in commending my noble friend Lord Evans on choosing this highly topical subject for today’s debate. He and I both sat on the Social Mobility Policy Committee, which focused directly on...

It is a pleasure to follow in the wake of my noble friend Lord Willetts and to join others in commending my noble friend Lord Evans on choosing this highly topical subject for today’s debate. He and I both sat on the Social Mobility Policy Committee, which focused directly on...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the patron of Career Connect. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for initiating this debate and welcome the opportunity to contribute on welfare reform and youth unemployment. Recent analysis from the Health Foundation highlights a significant change in the profile of young...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the patron of Career Connect. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for initiating this debate and welcome the opportunity to contribute on welfare reform and youth unemployment. Recent analysis from the Health Foundation highlights a significant change in the profile of young...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on today’s timely and important debate. I was Employment Minister back in 2010. We inherited a country in which unemployment was heading to 3 million, youth unemployment was close to 1 million and the system had deep flaws. We also inherited some good...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on today’s timely and important debate. I was Employment Minister back in 2010. We inherited a country in which unemployment was heading to 3 million, youth unemployment was close to 1 million and the system had deep flaws. We also inherited some good...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Evans, on securing this important debate. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester that young people want to work but, as we have seen from Alan Milburn’s report, they are being...

My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Evans, on securing this important debate. I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester that young people want to work but, as we have seen from Alan Milburn’s report, they are being...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow on securing this vital and timely, and very interesting, debate. Welfare is out of control and risks bankrupting the country unless serious action is taken soon. Let us consider the following figures from the Taxpayers’ Alliance to add to...

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow on securing this vital and timely, and very interesting, debate. Welfare is out of control and risks bankrupting the country unless serious action is taken soon. Let us consider the following figures from the Taxpayers’ Alliance to add to...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for securing this very important debate. I also thank our Government for commissioning the Milburn report. I declare my interest as a former trustee and vice-chair of the British Red...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Evans, for securing this very important debate. I also thank our Government for commissioning the Milburn report. I declare my interest as a former trustee and vice-chair of the British Red...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to take part in this debate, and I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow. I can see that the Government are not responsible for every societal phenomenon, so I accept that artificial intelligence and the overhang of Covid...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to take part in this debate, and I congratulate my noble friend Lord Evans of Rainow. I can see that the Government are not responsible for every societal phenomenon, so I accept that artificial intelligence and the overhang of Covid...