Under-occupancy Penalty Debate
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Huw Irranca-Davies
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Under-occupancy Penalty
Huw Irranca-Davies Excerpts(8 years, 3 months ago)
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Justin Tomlinson
Why was no additional support provided to vulnerable people when Labour introduced it for the private sector? That was not fair.
Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab)
Will the Minister —[Interruption.] Mr Speaker, I apologise, but I have lost my voice and cannot shout.
Mr Speaker
Order. The hon. Gentleman says that he has lost his voice, which saddens me. The least that we owe the hon. Gentleman is a degree of quietude so that we might detect what he has to say.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Thank you, Mr Speaker. On a point of fact, will the Minister and his officials by the end of today be able to supply me and all other Welsh MPs with a list of how many people who are in households where there are victims of domestic violence or disabled children will be affected if this decision is upheld? On a point of common decency, if he and his Ministers are unable to issue an apology today, if the decision is upheld, will he then apologise?
Justin Tomlinson
I am not sure whether we can get all that information by the end of today, but I am happy to see how quickly we can get as much of it as possible to the hon. Gentleman.