"My Lords, KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation have launched their August 2025 jobs report. Permanent placements fell for the 17th consecutive month. The number of candidates looking for work has increased, fuelled by redundancies, fewer job openings and economic business threats. Merck has pulled the plug on a …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister set out how increasing in-person assessments, which we on these Benches fully support, will help reduce fraud and error, thus protecting taxpayers’ money, while ensuring another thing that we on these Benches support—that those who can work, do, and those who cannot, get the support …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I am not going to mention the two-child benefit cap. Can I say how pleased I am to see the Minister in her place? As always, I look forward to working with her. Can she reassure the House that the child poverty strategy will avoid a narrow focus …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to the Bill and for the ability to speak openly to her in the lead-up to today. I completely agree with the Minister that benefits should be easy to access for those who are in genuine need and difficult—even impossible—to access …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to make weight loss medications available to people living with obesity who are unable to afford them privately...." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare something of an interest, in that I have used them and they work...." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for her Answer. Credit where it is due: achieving that number of people benefiting from weight loss jabs is absolutely terrific. I challenge the Minister—not her personally but the Government—to be a little more creative, in that there are people in this country who cannot work …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, I apologise for the repetition, but for 32 years I dedicated my working life to helping people into work, not just by finding them jobs but by opening their eyes to the opportunity, purpose and dignity that meaningful employment brings. I do not rise today to lecture the …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, as I understand it, one of the principal issues about the integration of healthcare and community social care is the lack of data integration. Many hospitals still rely on manual processes to send discharge letters to GPs and social care providers. Would the Minister be good enough to …..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech
"My Lords, in January the Government announced that they will develop a shared digital platform to allow up-to-date medical information to be shared between the NHS and care staff. How much progress has been made in developing this digital platform?..." Baroness Stedman-Scott - View Speech