Productivity: Work-related Stress

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Excerpts
Thursday 15th November 2018

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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I admire the noble Lord’s ingenuity in trying to extend the Question to a great many other subjects. Stress has many causes; we understand that there is a problem with it; that is why we commissioned the review by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson—not the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, sitting opposite me—and Paul Farmer. It is also why the Government accepted what they suggested.

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Portrait Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD)
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My Lords, if Brexit comes in and Airbus and other firms move out of north Wales, with some 7,000 jobs and 400 apprenticeships going with them, will that increase or decrease the stress of those involved in those industries?

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
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My Lords, I suspect that what will increase stress in those industries is the noble Lord and others putting about scare stories of that sort.