Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"This Labour Government came to power with so many promises. The Chancellor promised to kick-start economic growth, and not to increase the taxes of working people. Now that Labour is in government, I am afraid that it is doing the exact opposite. If it can be taxed, the Chancellor will …..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The intention may have been to force overseas investors, trust funds and others out of the farming sector, and to attack big landowners, but the tax is doing the complete opposite: it is destroying the family farm sector, forcing tenant farmers out, and seriously …..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Nov 2025
Budget Resolutions
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Budget creates no incentives for people to invest and take the risk of setting up and growing a business. It sends out all the wrong messages about what we want in a country that has traditionally been full of entrepreneurs. Because of the …..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 31st May 2022
Asked by:
John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has performance standards for clearance times for Personal Independence Payments.
Answered by Chloe Smith
There is no target for the completion of a claim to PIP through to the first payment. However, we are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all the available evidence, including that from the claimant, any supporting evidence supplied and the advice from an assessment.
Written Question
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Asked by:
John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses to assess performance standards for average clearance times for new claims made under normal rules for Personal Independence Payments.
Answered by Chloe Smith
There is no target for the completion of a claim to PIP through to the first payment. However, we are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all the available evidence, including that from the claimant, any supporting evidence supplied and the advice from an assessment.
Written Question
Wednesday 25th May 2022
Asked by:
John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set for standard waiting times for new claimants of PIP to receive their first payment.
Answered by Chloe Smith
There is no target for the completion of a claim to PIP through to the first payment. However, we are committed to ensuring that people can access financial support through Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in a timely manner. We always aim to make an award decision as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to review all the available evidence, including that from the claimant, any supporting evidence supplied and the advice from an assessment.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What progress is being made by the work of armed forces champions in jobcentres. ..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"As the Minister will know, our veterans have particular skills and needs. Can she confirm that veterans in my constituency in the Scottish Borders, whether they attend a jobcentre in Hawick, Galashiels or Eyemouth, will be able to access the support offered by their district armed forces champion?..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"3. What plans she has to work with employers and skills providers at a local level to help more jobseekers into work. ..."John Lamont - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am delighted that more than 100 young people in the Scottish Borders have already started work through the kickstart scheme. What can the Government do to encourage employers to keep people on after the scheme ends?..."John Lamont - View Speech
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