"The Minister and the Secretary of State have recently been found out using figures that show a dramatic increase in the number of people receiving disability living allowance. To quote the Secretary of State, they wanted
"Given that the Prime Minister continues to state that families with disabled children or with family members as carers will somehow be exempt from the bedroom tax—and before the Minister reaches for her brief and tells me once more about the discretionary fund, she needs to realise that it is …..." Anne McGuire - View Speech
"Given the list of suggestions that the hon. Gentleman has identified, I can do nothing other than agree with the main thrust of his argument. Does he think that the discretionary payment that the Government have allocated is adequate to meet even his list of exemptions, which is not exhaustive?..." Anne McGuire - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend share my concern that there may be an ideological trend in the Government’s philosophy whereby social housing is seen as welfare housing only, and not as homes for many people in our communities?..." Anne McGuire - View Speech
"On 13 December 2012, the Minister announced that there would be
“a significantly slower reassessment timetable”—[Official Report, 13 December 2012; Vol. 555, c. 464.]
for the PIP process—the replacement for DLA—which I welcomed. However, did that significantly slower reassessment timetable impact on the contracts that were signed …..." Anne McGuire - View Speech
"Thank you very much, Mr Chope, for calling me to speak. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship.
I thank the many Members who have made a contribution to this debate, and indeed I also thank the many Members who sat here in Westminster Hall but did not …..." Anne McGuire - View Speech
"Yes, and because of the width of the spectrum of impact that we are having to deal with, it has been very difficult to highlight every particular aspect of that impact. I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue.
"I thank the Minister for her statement and for the advance copy of it.
Last Thursday we had the written announcement of the closure of Remploy factories, with more than 800 redundancies. This Thursday we have a statement that is intended, according to the Government’s own estimates, to remove a …..." Anne McGuire - View Speech