Oral QuestionScotland Office

“Whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of the UK leaving the EU on Scotland.”

Tabled: 21 March 2023Answered: 29 March 2023

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Scotland

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

May I begin by congratulating Tommy and everyone selected to represent the British and Irish Lions? It is an incredible achievement and we will be cheering them on. It is important that we protect those with severe disabilities or lifelong health conditions who cannot work, paying them a premium and stopping those reassessments, which is part of the reform that we are bringing about. Ultimately, we also need to get back to face-to-face assessments by trained assessors and health professionals, which fell to only one in 10 assessments under the previous Government.