Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

Judith Cummins Excerpts

2nd reading
Tuesday 1st July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Steve Darling]

The Access to Work system has been here for years, and it continues to be broken. The Government could easily fix it, but they are choosing not to roll up their sleeves and engage in sorting it out now. Constituents have told me that they have almost lost their jobs because of what is going on here and now. We also need answers from the carers allowance review. Many pieces of the jigsaw must be in place before we push forward with these proposals.

Let me emphasise that this is a broken system, and we should not proceed until we have heard from that Timms review. We should not be abandoning some of the most vulnerable members of society. The Liberal Democrats will vote for the amendment, and if that is lost, we will vote against the second motion. We cannot help those who are already broken by breaking a system.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Judith Cummins)]

I call the Chair of the Select Committee.