Safeguarding Vulnerable Claimants

Daniel Francis Excerpts

Thursday 15th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Lab)]

I thank my hon. Friend for what was a very distressing statement. How might the plans for safeguarding DWP claimants apply to current Government policies?

[Debbie Abrahams]

I thank my hon. Friend for that important question. As I said to my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell), this is really important. The bedrock of the report is that safeguarding needs to be integrated into policy development at all stages and at all levels of the organisation, and before policies and legislation are implemented, so it is absolutely key to the legislation that is being considered and that will be going through the House.