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Baroness Sherlock (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 December 2025

Debate

Jobs Market: Wider Economic Implications

Contribution

My Lords, those are two important points. The second quite often happens. I know that the social value element of contracts is something important that we in DWP take especially seriously. On the first point, we must all have had that experience of knowing young people and their heartbreaking experience of sending out application after application, and getting nothing back at all. I understand how tough it is for businesses to manage that, but if any employer is able to do that—to make it as easy as possible to support young people—that is great. One thing we can do in DWP is to support the young people in doing that: to connect them with employers, give them the skills and make sure they are putting in the best possible application in the first place.

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