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Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 31 — relevant services (10 Nov 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: Trailblazers.

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 31 — relevant services (10 Nov 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He is absolutely right that we are talking about trailblazers, not pilots. That is the policy intention. We have had the pilots and we have learned from them about what works and about those areas where we need to improve things. I appreciate, too, his words about our discussions with Baroness Campbell. I hope that the House will accept the...

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 31 — relevant services (10 Nov 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 30.

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 31 — relevant services (10 Nov 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: It will be useful if I address amendments 34 to 37 first. These amendments restructure clause 33 and make subsequent changes to clauses 34 and 35 to reflect the restructuring of clause 33. During the debates in this House and the other place, we listened carefully to the broad consensus that the wording of the Bill should more clearly signal the original policy intention that we set out in...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Jobseeker's Allowance (19 Oct 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: At September 2009, there were 1,186 jobseeker's allowance claimants in the Vale of York constituency. In September, 285 went on to JSA, but I am sure that the hon. Lady will welcome the fact that 315 people came off it.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Jobseeker's Allowance (19 Oct 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I think the hon. Lady welcomed the fall in the September unemployment figures in her constituency. As I have said, the off-flow was 315 and the on-flow was 285, and I think that 315 is more than 285. I hope that she will welcome the future jobs fund in her area. The Yorkshire and Humberside tranche has £19 million to support young people in her area, helping them to get jobs. It would be...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit (19 Oct 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: Some 195,000 processes have begun for new ESA claimants, and we will migrate the rest of the incapacity benefit cohort from 2010 to 2013.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit (19 Oct 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: There is a new assessment, which considers what people can do rather than what they cannot do. As I said, 195,000 people have begun that process, which is backed up with the pathways to work programme. We are assisting people to find employment. The incapacity benefit test is very different from the work capability assessment under the new arrangements, and part of the programme is that we...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (19 Oct 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: My hon. Friend will know that 98 per cent. of people can trace the insurance cover from their former centre of employment, and the Government are working with the insurance industry to look at those thousands of cases that remain. The insurance industry is looking to bring together all the different insurance policies so that they can address this. The work done by the unions and hon. Members...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — North Sea Oil and Gas Industry (13 Oct 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, North (Mr. Doran) on securing this important debate. It is important that we have the opportunity to explore the progress made on these key issues, and I think that the Chamber recognises his contribution to health and safety standards in the North sea and his campaigning both in and outside the House on those matters. It is important...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — North Sea Oil and Gas Industry (13 Oct 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: I will give way, but I believe that I will answer my hon. Friend's point in my next paragraph.

[David Taylor in the Chair] — North Sea Oil and Gas Industry (13 Oct 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: My hon. Friend is right. The HSE takes this issue seriously and will shortly ask the advisory committee to consider what steps are needed to improve the use of permit to work systems in the North sea. That will be the first step. The committee will be asked to consider what further information, if any, is required to address the issue. That could include the consideration of future research...

Vaccine Damage Compensation (8 Jul 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Eccles (Ian Stewart) on raising this important issue. He has presented his case in his usual way. He is focused, sceptical on behalf of the people for whom he is fighting, relentless and principled. He is exactly the type of union steward that one would want on one's side. Importantly, he is also modest as well. He takes collective pride in the...

Vaccine Damage Compensation (8 Jul 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: Of course, I would gladly accede to such a request. Our hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Gillian Merron) now has policy responsibility as Minister of State, Department of Health, and colleagues who know her will know that one of her qualities is that she engages with colleagues from across the House, which is her responsibility. She and I will gladly see a delegation to discuss this...

Vaccine Damage Compensation (8 Jul 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: I am aware, as my hon. Friend said, that the debate is part of a process. As I said in my opening remarks, he is focused, principled and relentless, so this will not be the last time that we discuss this matter. I welcome debate and discussion on this important issue. I reiterate that the Department of Health takes great pains to ensure that its vaccination information material stresses that...

Vaccine Damage Compensation (8 Jul 2009)

Jonathan R Shaw: I am not going to be able to say everything that I wanted to say, and I will certainly write to my hon. Friend with those details.

Asbestos in Homes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) on his success in securing this important debate. I echo the tribute paid by my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds, West (John Battle) to the work that he has done in bringing the matter to the House's attention and ensuring, along with others, that workers are given better protection from asbestosis...

Asbestos in Homes (29 Jun 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, and I shall come on to home information packs later in my remarks. The duty to manage asbestos was introduced so that the risks from the thousands of tonnes of asbestos still present in non-domestic premises would be consistently managed. Those working on those buildings, such as plumbers, electricians and other maintenance workers, often...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Remploy (29 Jun 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: The last available figures, which are for the financial year ending March 2008, show that Remploy received £195.8 million of direct funding from the Department, comprising £145.8 million of grant in aid and an additional £50 million of modernisation payments to help with the restructuring of the company. Managing the level of funding for Remploy is one of the key aims of our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Remploy (29 Jun 2009) has video

Jonathan R Shaw: I am grateful to my hon. Friend. She will know that there are two parts to Remploy: the enterprise operation that runs the factory of about 3,000 employees, and the employment services, which got more than 7,000 people into jobs last year. Part of the bonus programme was that those managers whose pay is about £30,000 got a bonus of about £5,000 for getting disabled people into work....