Personal Independence Payment

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Excerpts

Wednesday 10th June 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Freud]

My Lords, of course, the people who are being reassessed, whether through a natural reassessment or through the full rollout, will continue to receive their DLA rates, as they were, until they get the conclusion of the PIP assessment. Therefore, there is no question of them losing a car in that period.

[Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (Lab)]

My Lords, I did not quite understand the Minister’s reply to my noble friend. Did he say that the Government will protect disabled and vulnerable people during the forthcoming cuts, as the Prime Minister said they would, or did he say that they will not protect them?

[Lord Freud]

To clarify matters, I said that this Government would support disabled and vulnerable people through this process.