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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"My Lords, I represent a ward in Newcastle-upon-Tyne—I declare my interest as a serving councillor there and as a vice-president of the LGA—which will be affected by various aspects of the Bill, but particularly by a matter that is the subject of an amendment in the name of the noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jan 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"Before the noble Baroness sits down, she referred to the private rented sector and implied that it was not as important as it would appear to be. However, has not the proportion of houses now in the private rented sector approximately doubled in the last few years, so that it …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"I spoke today to the officer in Newcastle who is responsible for the programme. We do not call it the troubled families programme in Newcastle; we call it the families programme. The noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, is right to say that we need a title that does not imply some …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"Could the noble Baroness indicate whether it is intended to have longitudinal studies of the programme and, if so, what kind of period we might look at? Secondly, are the Government encouraging—perhaps they are; I ask out of ignorance—peer review between different authorities carrying out projects of this kind? That …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"The noble Lord, Lord Lansley, prayed in aid the state of public opinion about the benefits system. My noble friend Lady Hollis rightly corrected that. In addition to opinion polls, which have proved less than infallible in recent times, we should have a fact poll. We could then gauge what …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"If I may say so, that takes for granted the propensity of Governments in general, and this Government in particular, to look at a wide range of issues. Frankly, on the evidence of the last few years, I do not think that that is a plausible argument. Why should it …..."
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Written Question
Work Capability Assessment
Wednesday 16th December 2015

Asked by: Lord Beecham (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 1 December (HL3877), whether they plan to compile data relevant to the assessment of whether Work Capability Assessment tests are connected to the incidence of suicide or mental health problems in disability benefit claimants, and to make that data publicly available; and if not, why not.

Answered by Lord Freud

The Department does not hold the relevant information required and we have no plans to collect such information.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"My Lords, I also have a slight reservation about my noble friend’s amendment, but it is not the kind of semantic quibble which the noble Lord has just advanced, if I might term it that way. I would like to see the review of the out-of-work benefits regime and sanctions, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Dec 2015
Welfare Reform and Work Bill

"My Lords, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health recently published a report which suggested that the work capability assessment process might have led to the large number of 600 extra suicides. It says that its study,

“provides evidence that the policy in England of reassessing the eligibility of benefit …..."
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Written Question
Work Capability Assessment
Tuesday 1st December 2015

Asked by: Lord Beecham (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will release data relevant to the assessment of whether Work Capability Assessment tests are connected to the incidence of suicide or mental health problems of disability benefit claimants; and if so, when.

Answered by Lord Freud

The information requested is not available.