Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Timms and Sonia Kumar

Monday 8th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Sir Stephen Timms]

In April, there will be a permanent real-terms increase in the headline rate of out-of-work benefits for the first time, I think, since the 1970s. We are taking £150 on average off household energy bills, expanding the £150 warm home discount to 6 million lower-income households, and freezing NHS prescription charges for a year.

[Sonia Kumar (Dudley) (Lab)]

T9.   Will my right hon. Friend meet me to discuss the role that allied health professionals, such as physios, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and others, can play in helping NEETs to overcome barriers and secure meaningful and lasting work?