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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Universal credit has had add-ons and add-ons ever since the Government proposed it. That has made it very complex and, as I have outlined, work will not pay for some in receipt of it if these proposals go forward.

I would like to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"The Government have plucked the 50,000 figure from their own consultation document, but it had no accompanying methodology, so I am not convinced. Indeed, that makes up less than 5% of those who are in poverty. The regulations would mean that those who would currently be eligible for support under …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"The hon. Gentleman will know that the “School Food Plan” that was published in July 2013 recommended that the Government looked into free school meals for infant and junior schools. The Labour party manifesto was clear that we would just extend that. It was unfortunate that the Government chose not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

The Government are phasing out childcare vouchers as they transition to a policy of tax-free childcare, but that policy is simply not working. The introduction of tax-free childcare has been so shambolic that the Government fell 90% short of their take-up target, and spending was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The armed forces do a magnificent job for us and it is an absolute scandal that they will also be caught up in this and made worse off as a result of these measures.

Members from all parties will know that hundreds of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is there any recourse for me to challenge the fact that an hon. Member is suggesting that I have misled this House in this debate?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"A little over a week ago, thousands of women from across the United Kingdom came to Parliament in a display of solidarity that reminded me very much of the Dagenham women some decades earlier. Is not the Secretary of State’s refusal to revisit the financial issues faced by the 2.6 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"This has been mentioned previously but it did not get an adequate response. Given that the prominent Brexit campaign called for a bonfire of EU protections for workers, what guarantee can the Minister give that all the current protections extended to disabled people by our membership of the EU will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Two weeks ago, the Labour Front-Bench team held constructive talks with the co-founders of the Women Against State Pension Inequality, or WASPI, campaign. We will work together to find a fair solution to the injustice that they and hundreds of thousands of women face as a result of the Government’s …..."
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Written Question
Occupational Pensions
Thursday 21st April 2016

Asked by: Angela Rayner (Labour - Ashton-under-Lyne)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of members of master trust pension schemes who are enrolled in schemes subject to the master trust assurance framework.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

Over 90% of the total memberships within master trust schemes are in master trusts that are signed up to the master trust assurance framework.

This is a performance indicator for the Pensions Regulator and the result will be published in their next annual report and accounts.