Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“What steps her Department plans to take to help secure an agreement at the World Trade Organisation on ensuring global access to covid-19 vaccines.”
Tabled: 9 June 2022Answered: 16 June 2022
Asked by
Dame Diana Johnson
Labour — Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Andrew Western)
To be frank, the current system is focused on the problems of yesterday. In the last Parliament, economic inactivity increased and the employment rate fell. We are planning fundamental reforms to the system that will focus on the problems of today and get more people into work, details of which will be set out in our forthcoming White Paper, “Get Britain Working”.