Speeches by Hack.

“Thank you, Chair. In the context of employment before retirement, do you think there is anything we should have learned or should be learning from the previous increases to state pension age? How might future increases to state pension age be managed better in terms of pre-retirement employment?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. I am interested in the energy intensity of the sector. Does she agree that any innovation in advanced ceramics could be shared much more broadly?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for sharing the story of Sarah and Mike—he did it justice. It is really important to think about the whole care of people going through a terminal diagnosis—both the patient and their loved ones. We should make sure that the mental health of those people who are supporting the person going throug…”

“The Budget delivers on the main priorities of protecting and investing in the NHS, tackling the cost of living and maintaining economic stability. It also delivers a key ask from my constituents: to support them, their industrial heritage and the unique challenge that brings. Just a week before the Budget, the Secretar…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Lewell. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for securing this important debate. I am co-chair of the APPG on food and drink, and my constituency is in the heart of the logistics corridor, so it will be no surprise to Members that I have be…”

“Thank you to the panel for your insightful views so far. Because we are short on time, it may be useful for you to focus on just one element of my question. Looking at Government interventions that support young people, what do you think has been most effective? Also, we clearly have an issue with our current NEET popu…”

“Thanks to the panel for their contributions so far. I want to move the conversation on to the perception of vocational and technical qualifications. Ben’s point around what success looks like is really interesting, and a useful example in terms of graduates, graduate jobs and that correlation. If technical and vocation…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Amber Valley (Linsey Farnsworth) for securing this important debate. Due to the pressure of time, I will focus on one group of young people. At the Work and Pensions Committee this morning we took evidence from two panels …”

“Welcome. Thank you for coming to see us today. I am pleased that skills has moved into Work and Pensions. I think that is an important step looking at long-term skills development and the impact that it has on good work for those who are currently unemployed. Looking at the data on apprenticeships, one of the things th…”

“As a Committee, we discuss the overall concern about pension adequacy, that there is a real risk of a lot of pensioner poverty and that becoming more problematic. In the run-up to people retiring, there are more individuals going on to out-of-work benefits for ill health. I am interested to hear about how you consider …”

“The Committee published a report on pensioner poverty in June, and then in July the Government set up a new Pensions Commission. In our report, we concluded that the lack of a central Government strategy for an ageing society is holding back progress. Is there a reason why a decision was made not to commit to a cross-G…”

“Following on from that, and picking up Peter’s point about crossovers, how much of a crossover do you think the youth guarantee will have with the industrial strategy and the key sectors in which we will need jobs for the future? How are we going to play those things out?”

“I was a huge advocate of Future Jobs. It worked really well for the employer that I worked for. Was that a consideration in how we encourage employers to take on young people? Young people in the workplace add a different prospect for employers, so was Future Jobs something that you looked at when creating the youth gu…”

“I thank the Minister for her statement. My constituents want a focus on neighbourhood policing, improving standards and a major police station in the local area. However, after an excellent PCC in Lord Willy Bach, and Sir Clive Loader before that, our current PCC has created an office mired with controversy. Will the M…”

“A constituent of mine recently shared that she hired a builder who took payment for professional services—but everything about the work was fraudulent. She told me that she felt abandoned by a black hole of referrals, despite multiple agencies confirming that it was actually a criminal matter. The work is being investi…”

“What are your organisations doing to increase the representation of disabled people at leadership and board level?”

“In the trade associations, but also at your larger employers. How are you working to ensure that they have representation at board level as well as in key senior leadership roles?”

“Thank you to the panel for coming to speak to us. We are already short on time so I will focus the conversation. I think Evan was talking about the work coach and the basic gaps. What is the experience of disabled people trying to engage with employment support? How does that need to improve?”

“I want to direct this question to Make UK. I was guesting on the Transport Select Committee last week and we have been looking at skills shortages. When we have ongoing recruitment challenges in certain sectors and there is huge demand for employees, what steps could the sector take to improve disability inclusion and …”

“Disability employment varies across sectors and across the different parts of the country. What do you think are the greatest opportunities for further progress? How are you addressing some of the barriers that we might face in certain parts of the country?”