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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 June 2025

Debate

United Kingdom Jobs Market

Contribution

I thank my noble friend for his question. He is absolutely right: we need to do whatever we can to make sure that those barriers to work are torn down. To refer back to the Question asked by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, obviously we need to make sure that we have fair employment practices, that workplaces are fair, and that people get paid for a fair amount of work. We are taking steps to ensure that we ask people who face barriers to work what those barriers are. For instance, I am pleased to tell my noble friend that we have just set up a youth advisory panel of people who will provide their expertise from their experience to ensure that the voices of young people, most of whom are not in education, employment or training, are central to the design and deployment of the new jobs and careers service.

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