"The hon. Member is courteous in giving way, but his proposal would cost £6 billion. Which tax would he raise to pay for that?..." James Cartlidge - View Speech
"The hon. Member is kind. I hope he will answer my intervention rather than re-intervene on me; I found that very odd earlier. Is it better in principle that people receive £20 through the benefits system or through going into longer hours, with more progress in work and building up …..." James Cartlidge - View Speech
"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend and neighbour, who is making an excellent speech. She is right to highlight the resilience of the universal credit system, but on the point that is made about taking money out of local economies, is that not an insult to John Maynard …..." James Cartlidge - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Halifax (Holly Lynch).
This is not a decision anybody or any Government take lightly. Members in all parts of the House are right to raise the real-life cases to which they refer; these are our constituents and the people we …..." James Cartlidge - View Speech
"That was quite an odd moment because, as the hon. Gentleman will have noticed, I intervened on the shadow Secretary of State and, slightly cheekily, he then intervened on me, in a completely novel form of Commons procedure. No, I do not know that figure off the top of my …..." James Cartlidge - View Speech
"Will my hon. Friend confirm that today’s announcement does not change the fundamental course of our policy, which is to move away from a perverse legacy system that incentivised claimants to minimise the number of hours worked to one that incentivises them to maximise their hours and gives them a …..." James Cartlidge - View Speech