Speeches by Abrahams.

“The Mayfield review came up with some good recommendations, which we thoroughly support, and I can direct my hon. Friend to other reports that made similar recommendations. It is important that we look at older people and not just people with health issues and disabilities.”

“I express my gratitude to the Backbench Business Committee for granting me the opportunity to present this Work and Pensions Select Committee report on our inquiry into the transition to state pension age, which is a really important area for us to examine. Our inquiry follows very closely on from the inquiry we held l…”

“Could you expand in a little more detail on what you said about annual reporting, particularly thinking about the Social Mobility Commission and an independent audit by some independent organisation?”

“We hear that point, but we have received dozens of representations, including from UNICEF, the Health Foundation, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Faculty of Public Health—the list goes on and on; it is massive—that targets would make that difference. Ambitious targets could, for example, result i…”

“That is just a phrase, without saying what we are actually going to do about it.”

“Good targets would not do that. There is a difference between having good targets and having targets that, as you say, have bad, unintended consequences. You would factor that into how you set your targets.”

“On your point about disabled households, are households that have a disabled child, a disabled adult or both being deemed as families at risk? That was not one of the groups that you mentioned, Elaine. They will not necessarily be claiming social security support, but they may be in poverty. How are we going to make su…”

“Fantastic. Thank you.”

“Totally, but if I may interject, Minister, that highlighted the importance of having an ambitious target. In country after country, including Canada and New Zealand, we have seen the importance of targets and the impact that that can make. To be fair, even in Scotland, there is the impact of having a much more clearly …”

“Good morning, Ministers, and thank you for joining us. I will start off by saying that I absolutely agree with you that the work you are doing and the start that has been made on reducing child poverty are certainly to be welcomed. But on the point about ambition, we need to recognise that this strategy, as it is defin…”

“I thank the Prime Minister for his really heartfelt statement—I think everybody here could feel that. Does he agree that we must recognise that a lack of empathy and dehumanising approach was adopted in this practice? I am minded that the statement “Don’t judge someone before you walk in their shoes” should apply. Unfo…”

“As co-chairs of the Britain-Palestine all-party parliamentary group, my hon. Friend the Member for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East (Andy McDonald) and I have written to over 43 organisations that have, or are suspected to have, previously been involved in unlawful expansion in the occupied territories. That was to warn…”

“I am grateful for that intervention; long may that work continue. About one in eight young people are not in work, education or training. That is more than a million young people. It is the first time since 2013 that have we seen figures on that level. Ill health, and especially mental ill health, is a major driver of …”

“I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing this debate. The Department for Work and Pensions supports nearly 23 million people and spends around £300 billion each year—around £1 in every £5 of Government spending. Some £164 billion is spent on pensions and pension-age benefits—a third more than the more-freq…”

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“With the leave of the House, I congratulate the hon. Members for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Lara Bird) and for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) on their maiden speeches. I thank all the Back Benchers who have contributed to today’s debate. I wholeheartedly support what my right hon. Friend the Minister has said about…”

“I am pleased to present the Work and Pensions Committee’s second report in our employment support for disabled people inquiry series. Our first report, “Disability at Work”, examined workplace issues impacting on disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, who I will now refer to as disabled people. The…”

“I am pleased to present the Work and Pensions Committee’s second report in our employment support for disabled people inquiry series. Our first report, “Disability at Work”, examined workplace issues impacting on disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, who I will now refer to as disabled people. The…”

“Q5. I associate myself with the remarks of the Deputy Prime Minister, and congratulate my constituent Sir Kevin Sinfield on all the work he does. Yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the murder of our dear friend Jo Cox. As well as being a sister to our wonderful hon. Friend the Member for Spen Valley (Kim Leadbeat…”

“Last week, tenders for the expansion of the unlawful E1 settlements were launched, involving nearly 3,500 housing units, directly flouting international law and also putting the viability of a Palestinian state at risk. Moreover, as we have heard, on the 14th of this month there will be a real estate deal in London, wh…”