Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Torsten Bell and Gareth Snell

Monday 17th March 2025 Commons Chamber

[Torsten Bell]

My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the importance of the 4.1% increase in pension credit that will take place in just a few weeks’ time, and I can tell him that about 3,000 people are claiming pension credit in North Durham. He is also right to mention the more than £25 billion that the Government are investing in the NHS. The unacceptable state of the health service is the biggest betrayal of older generations by the Conservative party, and we are going to change that.

[Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab/Co-op)]

14. What steps her Department is taking to help reduce levels of unemployment in Stoke-on-Trent.