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Commons Chamber
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) and to the Government and the Department for Work and - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) In Committee, the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my hon. - Speech Link
3: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) Those who are eligible are able to claim universal credit, employment and support allowance, personal - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) social security payments by the Department for Work and Pensions, which the right hon. - Speech Link
5: Laurence Robertson (Con - Tewkesbury) I also extend my thanks to those at the Department for Work and Pensions and the Bill management team - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) for Work and Pensions—the primary measure of disability prevalence in the UK—the number of disabled - Speech Link
2: Baroness Browning (Con - Life peer) Noble Lords will be familiar with the reply from the Department for Work and Pensions:“Unfortunately, - Speech Link
3: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) universal credit are required to undertake either activities relating to preparing for work or job searching - Speech Link
4: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) This includes a “move to universal credit” helpline, a “help to claim” service delivered independently - Speech Link


Written Statements
Fraud and Error in the Benefit System - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) The annual statistics for fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year ending 2024 were - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) , including the Church of England’s pensions board. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Lab - Life peer) This part of the Bill has near-universal support, and tenants and landlords need certainty. - Speech Link
3: Lord Etherton (XB - Life peer) According to figures given by the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2010, 89% of landlords - Speech Link
4: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) That is a lot of money if you are on universal credit. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) With regard to the numbers, I will go back to officials in the department and ask for an assessment of - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds - Wed 15 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), who is the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) social housing and universal credit but for the no recourse to public funds conditions are more susceptible - Speech Link
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) for Work and Pensions and the local support provided by local authorities, far greater costs would be - Speech Link
4: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) and skilled work routes. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 13 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) I thank the Minister for that answer and join her in thanking the excellent Department for Work and Pensions - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) She works as a nurse and is in receipt of universal credit. - Speech Link
3: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) The Department for Work and Pensions will also be working with stakeholders to support the independent - Speech Link
4: Alison McGovern (Lab - Wirral South) introduced universal credit to help people into work. - Speech Link
5: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) which the Department for Work and Pensions is responsible. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) It has developed a universal framework resource for teaching and assessing these, which is being used - Speech Link
2: Lord Harrington of Watford (Con - Life peer) groups, such as the TaxPayers’ Alliance and others, for which he deserves absolute credit. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Valentine (XB - Life peer) It would help further if the Department for Work and Pensions considered talking to these people online - Speech Link
4: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) , but I think this is a success story, and credit goes to the Government for that. - Speech Link
5: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) at all from the Department for Education. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 02 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend for her work on this issue, which is of huge importance to her constituents, and for her diligence - Speech Link
2: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab - Gower) Department for Work and Pensions issues that they face, and impacting on their credit score. - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend for all the work she has done on this subject. - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) I will write to the Secretary of State for Education this afternoon and ask that her Department meets - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has enabled asset transfers and other things - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Health and Disability Reform - Wed 01 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None We have reformed an outdated and complex legacy benefits system and introduced universal credit—a new - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) , stay and succeed in work”.That paper announced the plan to remove the existing universal credit limited - Speech Link
3: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) If we cannot passport those into the Department for Work and Pensions, we are going to waste a huge amount - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Child Poverty - Mon 29 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) This is not just about unemployment and what we hear about universal credit being about making people - Speech Link
2: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Our policies include: our generous universal credit childcare offer for working parents; our in-work - Speech Link