Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Liz Kendall and Joe Powell

Monday 12th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Liz Kendall]

I do not recognise the way the hon. Lady framed the Prime Minister’s answer. We want a social security system that protects those who can never and will never work, but disabled people who are out of work and economically inactive are more likely than non-disabled people to say they want to work, and if they are in work, they are half as likely to be poor. We want to shift the focus of the system to do more to help people who can work to do so, and to protect those who cannot, because that is the way that we give people a better future.

[Joe Powell (Kensington and Bayswater) (Lab)]

7. What steps she is taking to support young people into employment, education or training in Kensington and Bayswater constituency.