"My Lords, as we have only just received the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill back from the Commons, we will have to adjourn during pleasure until a point, to be announced on the annunciator, when we can recommence on that Bill...." Lord Katz - View Speech
"My Lords, as we are still awaiting the Minister for the next business—we moved a little faster than we were expecting—we will adjourn during pleasure for five minutes, until the Minister arrives...." Lord Katz - View Speech
"My Lords, next we are due to consider the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, which has come from the other place. The window for tabling amendments will be open until 9.10 pm. We will adjourn during pleasure until a point announced on the annunciator...." Lord Katz - View Speech
"My Lords, April’s statistics show that economic inactivity has fallen by nearly 360,000 since we came into office. Vacancies began falling in 2022, but we have stabilised and slowed the rate of decrease. In the last 21 months of the previous Government, vacancies fell by 363,000, more than double the …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"I note that the noble Lord has changed the usual formulation of his regular Question on unemployment figures because the unemployment figures fell to below 5%, as seen in the latest figures earlier this week, something I thought that he would have welcomed. It is rather rich that he talks …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"The noble Baroness is absolutely right. AI is very much at the forefront of all our minds as we continue to grapple with the long-term impact that it will have on our economy. That is why, in January, we announced that every adult in the UK is eligible to take …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"The Government have always worked closely with the current Government of Wales and we will continue to work with any future Government in Wales. It will help if they continue to be led by the Labour Party, but we will see what the electorate decide. We are constantly aware that …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"I am pleased to welcome the noble Baroness’s welcome for the defence deal. It is vital. We talk about repairing and improving the country’s infrastructure, and here we are talking about the defence infrastructure. It is a source of many high-skilled, high-paid, good-quality jobs across the whole country, including in …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"It is important to understand what we are doing through our youth guarantee trailblazers in England to tackle inactivity and to solve the problem of the number of NEETs, which across the House we want to see solved. Through eight youth guarantee trailblazers in England there has been an expansion …..." Lord Katz - View Speech
"The noble Lord tempts me to cross a red line which is a little above my pay grade in talking about our trading arrangements and any future trading agreements with the European Union. However, it is clear already from what we have done with the Erasmus schemes that we take …..." Lord Katz - View Speech