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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

"That is the sort of patent nonsense I have come to expect from Conservative Members. The Scottish Government have spent hundreds of millions of pounds in mitigating the worst excesses of this callous UK Government. The bedroom tax, universal credit and carer’s allowance have all been mitigated by the Scottish …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

"I was aware of that. The statistics are shocking, as I will come on to shortly.

In this, its final and most punishing year, the benefits freeze will claw back nearly £4.5 billion. That is nearly £1 billion more than the amount for which the Government budgeted. Late last year, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

"Absolutely. I could not have put it better myself.

What the Government have created is a social security system that believes people can be punished out of poverty. They have created a system where benefits are fraught with the threat of sanctions, and where disability assessments are psychologically and physically …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Mar 2019
Social Security

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Feb 2019
Employment and Support Allowance: Underpayments

"We are extremely disappointed that the Minister had to be forced to come to the House by an urgent question, rather than doing what she should have done and made this announcement via an oral statement. On Thursday, we discovered that the DWP had identified nearly double the number of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"Can the Minister assure those in my constituency—a vast area of 7,000 sq km, with 23 islands and only five jobcentres—with limited connectivity that they will not be penalised as they are unable to access their online journals?..."
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Written Question
Pensions
Tuesday 6th March 2018

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 what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of calculations of the contracted-out pension equivalent in state pension forecasts; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The Contracted Out Pension Equivalent (COPE) estimated amount provided with State Pension forecasts is calculated based on the information held on the individual’s NI record at the time the State Pension forecast is produced.