Employment Rights Debate
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Lord Touhig
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Employment Rights
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Lord Callanan (Con)
My noble friend did a good job of working with the trade unions, and of course we are willing to talk to and work with all those who are willing and prepared to work with us.
Lord Touhig (Lab)
My noble friend Lord Woodley made an important point about workers’ rights, but if you are disabled, the chances are you are not in work at all. That is why we need to close the disability employment gap. In a Written Answer to a Question asked on 7 March, the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, told me that the Government have a £151 million Access to Work budget encouraging employers to take on people who have disabilities. Can the Minister say how many disabled people have secured jobs through this scheme?
Lord Callanan (Con)
I am afraid that those figures are not available to me, but I am very happy to write to the noble Lord.