BBC News 24:
The Week in Parliament
19 September 2019
"Two brilliant questions and to take the first one about talking therapy, you say it is expensive. I get there are upfront costs but there is also excellent research. Richard Layard wrote a wonderful book which set out the case, an economic case, for creating increased access to psychological therapies and if you do that, what you reap in benefits from that in terms of people being able to get on with their lives and the reduction in other health problems, the improvement in their ability to contribute within their working environment and indeed in their relationships at home as well so I think we should be prepared to invest in this issue but we should also recognise that this is a win-win because it is helping people to make the contribution that they want to make within their own personal lives, within their families, their communities and wider organisation."
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, Richard Layard, Penguin, 2005. 2nd Edition 2011