Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"We know we are at record levels of in-work poverty, with more than 8 million people in that category, so why are three out of four people who were in low-paid work in 2010 still in low-paid work now?..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 18th March 2022
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a 12 month eligibility definition for fast-track access to Personal Independence Payments, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Department is committed to improving the way the benefits system supports people nearing the end of their life and announced its intention to make changes in this area, in July 2021. The Department has made changes to Universal Credit and Employment Support Allowance regulations to replace the current 6-month rule for determining who can claim under the Special Rules with a 12-month, end of life approach. These will come into force on 4th April. Similar changes will also be made to Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance as soon as possible, when Parliamentary time allows.
Written Question
Wednesday 16th March 2022
Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal process reviews her Department has (a) started and (b) completed on incidences of death or serious harm since July 2019.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Internal Process Reviews (IPRs) that have been started since July 2019, are as follows:
Death* | 123 |
Serious Harm** | 34 |
The IPRs that have been completed since July 2019, are as follows:
Death* | 103 |
Serious Harm** | 28 |
* Death includes the categories death, alleged suicide and confirmed suicide.
** Serious Harm includes the categories self-harm, serious harm, attempted suicide and ‘other’.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty
"Does my hon. Friend agree on the importance of the relationship between our social security system and the adequacy of working-age support on the one hand, given that £34 billion a year has been taken out of support for working-age people, and the impact on child poverty on the other? …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Benefit Cap
"The hon. Member is making a very strong case. He is absolutely right to focus on the benefit cap and the impact that has on 180,000-odd households. Does he agree that it needs to be looked at in the context of the £34 billion a year that has been taken …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Feb 2022
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
"It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer.
I congratulate the hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) on securing this debate, which is both important and very timely. I absolutely agree with the central tenets of her excellent speech, and I particularly agree …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Feb 2022
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
"Will the Minister give way?..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 24 Feb 2022
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
"I extend my best wishes to the Minister’s father. What she has said about what he went through was very moving, and reminds us that eight out of 10 disabilities are acquired—that most disabled people have lived lives without disability. The Minister started by saying that we want disabled people …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Social Security and Pensions
"It is a pleasure to follow some excellent speeches, and to join colleagues from the Work and Pensions Committee in their sincere request that the Minister really looks in detail at the issues we have been describing. [Interruption.] I want to keep my mask on, if that is …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Social Security and Pensions
"The Minister and I have shared many train journeys to and from the north-west, but I want to pick him up on what he has just said. He has said that what is being provided is “substantial”, but all the evidence from all of us, on both sides of the …..."Debbie Abrahams - View Speech
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