Debates between Mims Davies and Chris Bryant during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Mims Davies and Chris Bryant
Wednesday 13th December 2023

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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I thank my hon. Friend for his typical care in this area. I assure him and the House that significant work is taking place across Government in those areas where disabled people have told us that their outcomes must be a priority, whether that is in education, employment or care. We are focused on that, and the disability action plan will complement that work. We are using the insight from the 12-week consultation to deliver improvements in all the areas that matter most to disabled people, in order to improve their daily lives.

Chris Bryant Portrait Sir Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
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Some 1.4 million people in the UK are living with a brain injury. Will the Minister make sure that the final version of the plan lays out precisely what the Government intend to do in relation to people who have had a brain injury? The good news is that with really good neurorehabilitation, people can be given back not just their life, but a real quality of life. We owe that to them, don’t we?

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that issue. My father lived with a brain injury for over 25 years, and my annual Christmas card this year comes from Headway Sussex through its art therapy work, so I assure him that at the DWP, I think about the impacts of brain injury on a daily basis.

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Debate between Mims Davies and Chris Bryant
Monday 13th September 2021

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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Youth hubs are crucial; we have heard about one in Darwen and one in Barrow. My hon. Friend will be aware that the DWP is focused on the multibillion-pound intervention that is our plan for jobs, which, crucially, will support people of all ages, with support for new skills and help to increase their hours, understand what their barriers are, and find that crucial new work. That includes youth hubs. My goal is to have 150 open by the end of the year, and the crucial new one in his constituency is part of that.

Chris Bryant Portrait Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
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7. How many people in Wales in receipt of universal credit are in work.