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“Any other points from the panel? Michael?”

“The Timms review, yes.”

“Extremism in the UK is growing at an unprecedented rate. Extreme left and extreme right ideologies, alongside growing Islamist extremism, are being fuelled by increasingly brazen interference from foreign states, and we need to be clear-eyed about those threats. At a recent summit hosted by Wilton Park, I heard how cou…”

“8. What steps her Department is taking to help tackle extremism.”

“And that is universal.”

“To follow up on that, in the work to reduce child poverty, how do you take into account the intersectionality and overlaps between different groups? And a question for Lynn on something we discussed at the previous Committee. Do you have any thoughts on those six targeted groups from the Scottish Government? Perhaps Ch…”

“I have a question for Annabel to get the perspective from WECA. Building on Helen’s point, the Government is introducing changes to local authority funding allocations, so we would be keen to get your views on those proposals and on how they will impact and hopefully reduce child poverty. How important are long-term fu…”

“I welcome the interim report. My question is about work experience. When I was at school, this was typically organised by teachers and gave children a peek into worlds that otherwise would be unimaginable, but today children in my Bristol constituency are being asked to find their own placements, which obviously disadv…”

“I welcome the interim report. My question is about work experience. When I was at school, this was typically organised by teachers and gave children a peek into worlds that otherwise would be unimaginable, but today children in my Bristol constituency are being asked to find their own placements, which obviously disadv…”

“England has a high rate of skills mismatch. I was wondering what your thoughts were about that. Something that we are cognisant of on this Committee is the future of work—how those skills gaps might evolve over the coming decades.”

“Mr Milburn, you have been out speaking to young people across the country. We are curious: what do young people tell you?”

“I also wanted to ask about the regional variations that you are finding. Is it best to think of that in terms of geographical regions? I represent a constituency in Bristol that is half urban and half more suburban. I wonder if it is also about the type of places where people live, because I can definitely see the diff…”

“We did not get to talk much about housing and housing policy, but that has been a generational shift. We will all have seen the rise of people well into adulthood in house shares and the rise of the HMO. How do you think housing policy has an impact on youth employment and on education, training and opportunity?”

“Thank you. Professor Ertl, what can Skills England learn from your organisation?”

“We have talked about future forecasting. We spoke about AI at the beginning and changes in the world of technology. I speak to a lot of people who are worried about what that means, mainly for their children and for future generations. There can be a feeling that this is an increasingly global world, so how is Britain …”

“Was there any understanding of why that was?”

“Our Committee has been looking at the transition to pension age and the impact on older workers as the pension age increases. We took some evidence from people who are mostly 60-plus but not yet at retirement age about the challenges they face in terms of how to reskill if they need to change jobs. There is a gender dy…”

“Ministers will be aware that the charity sector is being exploited by extremists, with record amounts of money being pumped into British-based organisations with charitable status by our adversaries and hostile states. While these extremists often target Britain’s Jews, the threats go far beyond them—they do not stop w…”

“I am going to focus now on how we measure poverty. We have the newly developed deep poverty metric. I would like to ask each of the panel what you make of that, looking at the positive side but also the risks that come with it.”

“Sticking with the targets theme, I agree that you need to have that ambition and to be working against something, but should we not drill down a bit more? We have talked about poverty and its complexities, having targets and monitoring the strategy and the impact on different groups. When I go to schools in my constitu…”