Oral Answers to Questions

Martin Docherty-Hughes Excerpts

Monday 6th March 2023 Commons Chamber

[James Sunderland (Bracknell) (Con)]

5. What steps he is taking to support people aged 50 and over into employment.

[Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire) (SNP)]

12. What steps his Department is taking to encourage people aged over 50 to remain in the workforce.

[Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)]

22. What help his Department is giving to people aged 50 and over to find employment.

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[Guy Opperman]

My hon. and gallant Friend served with dedication in the armed forces before becoming Bracknell’s champion. He will be aware that our armed forces champions go to great lengths to assist ex-servicemen and women in finding second careers after their service keeping us safe. He will also be aware that the Chancellor may have more to say on the issue next week, on the 15th.

[Martin Docherty-Hughes]

The Minister speaks about the ambitions for encouraging the over-50s to remain in the workforce. Will the Minister tear up his prepared answer, and tell the employees at the Department for Work and Pensions Clydebank office—mostly working-class women over the age of 50—how he squares that with his Government’s rank hypocrisy, which has left them struggling for work during a cost of living crisis?