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Julian Lewis Excerpts
Monday 1st September 2025

(1 day, 23 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Timms Portrait Sir Stephen Timms
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We have announced that Zara Todd will be the chair of the Department’s disability advisory panel. The panel was announced in the “Get Britain Working” White Paper last year. Separately, we will set up a group to work with me on the review of the PIP assessment. I will, of course, talk to the disability advisory panel about the arrangements, but they will be separate structures.

Julian Lewis Portrait Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
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Despite his new role in riding to the rescue of the Treasury, is the Pensions Minister still available to fulfil in principle the undertaking he gave me before the recess to have a meeting about the plight of ExxonMobil pensioners and the difficulties in them getting the discretionary surplus benefits to which I think they should be entitled?