Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 01 Jul 2015
Child Poverty
"Tory party members were the strongest opponents of a national minimum wage, and no doubt the right hon. Gentleman himself voted against it. Apart from those on the Tory Benches, most people will understand very clearly that the whole purpose of his statement and policy is to try to conceal …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jun 2015
Child Poverty
"If the situation has, according to the Secretary of State, improved substantially, why are there so many food banks—a far larger number than previously? Is it not quite clear that some Tory Members have no idea at all about the amount of poverty that exists—in many cases in their own …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 23rd June 2015
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of children in the borough of Walsall living in poverty in (a) households including a person who is in employment and (b) other households.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at a local authority level.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"One of my constituents who has been disabled from birth has had her mobility allowances reduced, so she cannot have her mobility car. She is now housebound, and she says she is being punished because of her disability by the Government. Why is the Secretary of State so keen to …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 18th June 2015
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the Children's Society findings that 6,050 children live in poverty in Walsall North constituency, of which 4,600 are in households in employment; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at a constituency level.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is the Secretary of State really telling us that the Government have no responsibility at all for the acute financial hardship affecting so many people in our country? If so, no one believes him except Tory MPs. No wonder the Archbishop of Canterbury is so shocked by what he sees …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2014
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Welfare Reform (Disabled People)
"Is the Minister aware of a case that I referred to the Secretary of State, in which it took a year to deal with an application for PIP? Three days later, my constituent died. His sister said: “Is this the way to treat a person who has worked all his …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 16th October 2014
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to receive a reply to his email to Capita-PIP of 4 September 2014 and subsequent email of 18 September 2014 on the same case, ref PIP10036052/101.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Minister of State for Disabled People, my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Mark Harper), replied to the hon. Member on 14 October 2014.
Written Question
Thursday 11th September 2014
Asked by:
David Winnick (Labour - Walsall North)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letters of 6 August 2014 and 20 August 2014 on behalf of a constituent.
Answered by Steve Webb
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied to the hon Member on 9 September 2014.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"I have been here since the beginning of Question Time and may I tell the Secretary of State that I have been sickened—there is no other way to describe my feelings—by his complacent indifference to the agonising hardship suffered by the most vulnerable in our society? He should be ashamed …..."David Winnick - View Speech
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