Civil Service: Interns - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:30 pm on 2 September 2025.

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Photo of Baroness Gray of Tottenham Baroness Gray of Tottenham Labour 2:30, 2 September 2025

My Lords, as a former civil servant from the most working-class of backgrounds, while I am sure there are very good intentions here, I would have found it really difficult when I joined the Civil Service to not have been exposed to a wider group; I learned so much from that. I would like to know what the evidence base is for reaching this conclusion as I think there are good intentions but there are other ways that the Civil Service can be opened up as well.