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Written Question
Sick Pay
Monday 30th May 2022

Asked by: Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Department for Work and Pensions Health is everyone's business: Proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss, published in July 2019, what steps they have taken to bring forward its proposals (1) to allow statutory sick pay to be available from the first day of absence, and (2) to change statutory sick pay rules to help an employee returning from a period of absence to have a phased return to work.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)

Health is Everyone’s Business (2019) consulted on a broad package of measures related to the work and health agenda. This included some proposals related to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP).

In the response to the consultation (2021), Government stated that the pandemic was not the time to introduce significant changes to SSP. As we learn to live with COVID-19, Government is continuing to take a broader look at the role of SSP and is keeping the system under review.

Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the support that people with long term degenerative conditions like multiple sclerosis receive when they are no longer able to work.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Written Question
Access to Work Programme
Thursday 28th April 2022

Asked by: Lord Dubs (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make employers aware of the 'Access to Work' scheme to ensure that people with long term progressive conditions can remain in work for longer.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott - Opposition Whip (Lords)

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2014
Employment: Universal Jobmatch

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans for the Universal Jobmatch website...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Mar 2014
Employment: Universal Jobmatch

"My Lords, is the Minister not just a bit embarrassed that the official government job website has about a third of a million bogus jobs on it, such as “MI6 target elimination specialist” or “International courier for CosaNostra Holdings”? If the Government are anxious to tackle fraud, should they not …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 20 Jan 2014
Pensions Bill

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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 20 Jan 2014
Pensions Bill

"My Lords, Amendment 65A is concerned with persons who worked for a company called Jarvis, which went into administration. Jarvis was one of the private companies that had subcontracts for renewal work with Network Rail; essentially this was the replacement of worn-out track and signals. This company was one of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 20 Jan 2014
Pensions Bill

"My Lords, I am not totally surprised by the answer but, as I understand it, whatever the Minister said, these former Jarvis workers have lost out through no fault of their own and, because an earlier Government decided to privatise the railways, they are the victims of a process that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 May 2013
Child Poverty

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on child poverty in the United Kingdom...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 May 2013
Child Poverty

"My Lords, it is disappointing that the Minister chose to brush aside a very sound piece of work, which I am sure he has read and looked at in great detail—or his officials have. Is it not alarming that a reputable organisation with sound analytical methods has predicted that child …..."
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