Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Wales Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Christina Rees Excerpts
Wednesday 24th February 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alun Cairns Portrait Alun Cairns
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The unemployment rate in Wales has fallen by more than that in any part of the UK over the last quarter. Welfare reform is key to that. We are determined to deliver a low welfare, low tax, high wage economy.

Christina Rees Portrait Christina Rees (Neath) (Lab)
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The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned this month that universal credit will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work. What assessment have the Government made of the effect that rolling out universal credit will have on the number of workless households in Wales?