Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Timms and Jo Churchill

Monday 18th March 2024 Commons Chamber

[Sir Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)]

A large number of people in Banff and Buchan are economically inactive. They are not claiming benefits so they are not eligible for employment support from jobcentres, but the Select Committee recommended last summer that such people should be eligible. Would that not be in their interests and in the interests of employers struggling to fill vacant posts at the moment, and therefore supportive of much-needed economic growth?

[Jo Churchill]

We always take these matters very seriously and keep them under full review.