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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Child Maintenance Service: Payment Recovery from Absent Parents

"As always, Mr Owen, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair. I just wish that we had more time to debate this hugely important topic. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) on securing the debate and on his powerful and thoughtful opening …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Local Housing Allowance and Homelessness

"As always, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Bailey. I congratulate the hon. Member for Ealing, Southall (Mr Sharma) on securing this hugely important debate and thank everyone who has contributed to it, including the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes) who, with his …..."
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Written Question
Department for Work and Pensions: Ministers
Monday 8th April 2019

Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements have been entered into by his Department in each of the last five years in respect of a personnel matter relating to a Minister in her Department.

Answered by Will Quince

DWP does not have any record of entering into non-disclosure agreements in the stated circumstances.

Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 1st April 2019

Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made use of implied consent when making a claim under the legacy system.

Answered by Lord Sharma

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 1st April 2019

Asked by: Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party - Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made use of explicit consent when making a claim under universal credit.

Answered by Lord Sharma

Explicit consent is not required to make a new claim. If claimants cannot make or manage their claim on-line, they can receive face to face support through their local jobcentre, assistance through our Freephone telephone number or with support from a third party agency. Once the claim is made, claimants who require agencies to act on their behalf can provide explicit consent. As explicit consent can only be given after a claim has been made this data does not exist.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What recent assessment she has made of the effect of her Department’s policies on levels of poverty. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Mar 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"A few weeks ago, a young family with a newborn baby appeared at my constituency office in Helensburgh. They were halfway through their four-week universal credit assessment period. This was a family in crisis. They were penniless, and the father had not eaten for three days. They did not even …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Mar 2019
Social Security and Employment Support for Disabled People

"I cannot help but feel that this announcement was a missed opportunity to completely overhaul the punitive PIP assessment progress, which is deeply flawed and continues to be criticised by claimants and stakeholders. The latest PIP assessment tribunal statistics show that from June to September 2018, a staggering 72% of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

"As much as on one level I would love to say otherwise, with some reluctance I say that we will not oppose this statutory instrument this evening. However, just because we do not seek to block these paltry, parsimonious increases to some social security benefits, Government Members should not think …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

"I absolutely do. My hon. Friend and many other Opposition Members have been fantastic champions of the WASPI women. I pay tribute to the WASPI women—in my time as a Member of Parliament, I do not think that I have come across a more co-ordinated, invigorated group. Those who attended …..."
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