Speeches by McNally.

“Professor Barr, I will stick with you for this question. I am conscious that you have done a great deal of research on some of the areas that we are looking at today and previous changes to welfare. Can I ask for your assessment of the impact that previous welfare changes have had on the health of those who are affecte…”

“I have a final question. Another group of impacted disabled people who might find it challenging to access work is older disabled people who have been out of work for a long period of time. We know the challenges for that cohort to get back into work. Perhaps an erosion of skills has occurred over many years. What are …”

“Thank you very much for those answers. Building on the point that Ellen has made there, if you were engaging with the Government on how we can support young disabled people, who want to work and are able to work, into work—and clearly there is opposition to these proposals from the panel today—what would that look like…”

“T2. My right hon. Friend will know of the growing concerns around social media algorithms increasingly promoting misogynistic and harmful content to children, particularly using the hook of dangerous online influencers. What steps is she taking working with Cabinet colleagues to protect young people from such destructi…”

“As with so many towns and villages across the UK, brave residents of my constituency, including my own grandparents, were involved in all aspects of the war effort. Our towns and villages answered the call for service—service that took so many forms. Early in the war, Coatbridge hosted the Polish 1st Field Artillery Re…”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend for coming to the House today. The long-term occupation of Gaza is entirely incompatible with a viable two-state solution and completely undermines any small prospect of a lasting peace. A full-scale occupation of Gaza is inconsistent with international humanitarian law, so can the Minis…”

“David, I appreciate your contribution this morning. You have touched on the challenges and the consequences linked to frailty. Certainly, in Scotland we have seen the failure of an effective, joined-up approach to addressing some of these challenges—particularly the challenges linked to health and social care—where the…”

“To all members of the panel to conclude: we know where we are going in terms of the state pension age for now, but are there any particular steps that you think the Government can take to mitigate some of the challenges that you have just outlined?”

“In Sir Michael Marmot’s evidence earlier he spoke about the impact of changing the state pension age particularly on those who are living in poverty. David, I am conscious that the Health Foundation has stated its concerns about increasing the state pension age particularly regarding the existing health inequalities an…”

“Expanding on that, you have cited a whole range of welcome outcomes from the work you are doing. Do you see any particular challenges around upscaling, to take the work you are doing beyond the areas you are covering? One final question is around the priorities of Government. Ultimately, we are keen to get a sense of w…”

“Thank you. I am conscious of time, Chair.”

“We did a recent visit to Glasgow and Manchester, and we visited a fantastic jobcentre in Manchester. We also took evidence from the Mayor of Greater Manchester. He spoke quite passionately about the integration of services and, ultimately, the co-location of services as well. I suppose your point is that that could be …”

“Thank you very much and good morning. Thank you for joining us today. I have a few questions and I will start with Abdi and Liz, and I have a question for Sam and Balbir as well. Abdi and Liz, building on the Chair’s question on the effectiveness of jobcentres and supporting those furthest from the labour market, you h…”

“Sam, in your submission, and you touched on it a bit in your first answer, you mentioned that people with no recourse to public funds will still access jobcentres for employment support, but they will not receive benefits. What can the Government learn from their experience of jobcentre support?”

“Balbir, in your submission you touched on the lack of awareness of staff with specific regards to homelessness. We recognise the challenge of homelessness—certainly in my area it is a continuous and growing concern. What difference would that increased awareness make for those who are presenting at jobcentres?”

“Throughout the sessions that we have been undertaking in this inquiry there has been a great amount of discussion on some of the cultural and structural challenges within jobcentres. I am keen to ask you about the physical environment within jobcentres. We know that they can be intimidating and that there can be a lack…”

“Unite and USDAW.”

“We met with a group of pensioners yesterday in Glasgow. One of the themes that came out of that is that there is still a reluctance for information to be shared and for older people to provide agencies and charities with some information. That can be linked to a whole range of reasons such as pride and Jo touched on so…”

“Paul, if I can come to you, I know that you have called for legislation and more powers for Mayors to do some important work that Andy was outlining earlier on. How do you think that would work in practice and would there be any barriers or unintended consequences to that? Do you think there would be any barriers or un…”

“Good morning, everyone. I want to touch on some of the challenges linked to data. When I was serving in local government, one big frustration and challenge that our tackling poverty team experienced was that cross-agency data sharing. Do you think that you have the information that you need to support those pensioners …”