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Public Services Committee

Lords Select Committee

The Public Services Committee was appointed to consider public services, including health and education.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Report - Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people
Inquiry The transition from education to employment for young disabled people
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HL Paper 12
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Response to this report
Government Response to Public Services Committee, 1st report (Session 2024-25): The transition from education to employment for young disabled people
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2nd Report - Lost in translation? Interpreting services in the courts
Inquiry Interpreting and translation services in the courts
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Response to this report
Government Response to Public Services Committee, 2nd report (session 2024-25): Interpreting and translation services in the Courts Service
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Easy read - The change from education to work for young disabled people
Inquiry The transition from education to employment for young disabled people
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Comptroller & Auditor General, National Audit Office, to Baroness Morris of Yardley, Chair, Public Services Committee on Homecare Medicines inquiry (14 April 2025)
Inquiry Homecare medicines services - follow-up
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Letter from Sarah Sackman, Minister of State, Ministry of Justice to Baroness Morris of Yardley, Chair, Public Services Committee on Interpreting and Translation Services in the Courts (24 January 2025)
Inquiry Interpreting and translation services in the courts
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Letter from Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education to Baroness Morris of Yardley, Chair of the Public Services Committee, on the publication of 'Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive'
Work Children's Social Care Implementation strategy: follow-up (Non-inquiry session)
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Oral evidence transcripts

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7 May 2025
Inquiry Child Maintenance
Witnesses Naomi Wiseman (Barrister at Family Law Bar Association), and Michelle Counley (Senior Consultant at NACSA)
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2 April 2025
Inquiry Child Maintenance
Witnesses Dr Laura Robertson (Research Manager at Poverty Alliance), and Abby Jitendra (Principal Policy Adviser on care, families and work at Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
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26 March 2025
Inquiry Child Maintenance
Witnesses Dave Hawkey (Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)), Sam Morfey (CEO at Both Parents Matter), and Sarah Lambert (Head of Policy and Campaigns at Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families)
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Written evidence

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Department for Work and Pensions (CMI0129)
Inquiry Child Maintenance
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Inquiry Child Maintenance
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Anonymised (CMI0064)
Inquiry Child Maintenance
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
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Engagement documents
Documents relating to committee engagement activities, such as forums, surveys or ‘roundtable’ events with experts and stakeholders that the committee has chosen to make public.
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