“Get Britain Working” White Paper

Debate between Liz Kendall and Desmond Swayne

Tuesday 26th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Liz Kendall]

My hon. Friend will know of our plans to make work pay, bring in day one employment rights, end exploitative zero-hours contracts and improve flexibility at work. We need to do all those things to make sure that there are good-quality job options out there for young people. There will be new leadership roles for mayors in combined authorities, but also clear accountability for delivering the outcome that we want, which is that every young person has an opportunity to earn or learn. We will make sure that happens.

[Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)]

To ensure that

“if you can work, you must work”,

will the Secretary of State familiarise herself with the works of Jeremy Bentham?

[Liz Kendall]

If I have time.