DWP Estate: Office Closures Debate

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Stephen Timms

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DWP Estate: Office Closures

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Speaker’s Statement
Thursday 17th March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I call the Chair of the Select Committee, Stephen Timms.

Stephen Timms Portrait Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
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This week’s employment figures show that there are 580,000 fewer people in work now than there were before the pandemic. In particular, there seem to be several hundred thousand older workers now choosing not to work nor to claim benefit. We all want a full labour market recovery. Does the Minister recognise that this is going to require major Government investment rather than the disinvestment that I think he is announcing this morning?

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