Thomas Docherty
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(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Esther McVey
I agree with my hon. Friend, and that is precisely what the Sayce review recommended—that we get as many people as possible into mainstream work. There were 2,200 disabled people working at the Remploy factories, and in the last two years alone Remploy Employment Services has put 50,000 similar people into mainstream work.
Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab)
The Minister will be aware that the two factories in Fife, in Cowdenbeath in my constituency and in Leven, are both left in limbo and unclear about their future. Will she meet me and my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Lindsay Roy) early in the new year so that we can understand better the possible options for the future of those two important factories?
Esther McVey
I will indeed meet the hon. Gentleman at his earliest possible convenience and mine.