Debates between Henry Smith and Steve Barclay during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Henry Smith and Steve Barclay
Tuesday 24th March 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Barclay Portrait Steve Barclay
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The hon. Gentleman raises an important point about the pressure on the Department for Work and Pensions at this time. That is a key reason why the design of the schemes that we have been looking at and that have been put forward by the Chancellor do not add complexity and pressure on the DWP. We have been actively working on identifying where we can free up and reprioritise resource in DWP to assist with this issue. I have been discussing the matter with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and working closely with her on it.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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Obviously, airports and airlines are particularly adversely affected by the covid-19 situation.

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