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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"No, it was very generous, indeed. Given that the hon. Gentleman and the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley) said that almost everything is hunky-dory with the roll-out of universal credit, would he and his colleagues not be astonished if the Government did not push this to a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"Instead of praising the Government for what they have done today, the hon. Gentleman, I suggest, should turn his mind to the situation in Northern Ireland. We have no functioning Assembly or responsible Ministers to deal with any of the problems that will arise when universal credit is rolled out …..."
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Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: Females
Wednesday 8th February 2017

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 25 January 2017, column 295, what extra money the Government has put into reducing the changes in women's pensions; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford

During the passage of the Pensions Bill 2011, the Government has made a concession worth £1.1 billion to limit the impact of State Pension age increases for those women most affected by them. As a consequence, no women will experience increases of more than 18 months compared to the previous timetable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"The hon. Gentleman will understand that in Northern Ireland this change is having a negative impact on thousands of women. I am one of them, but I will have a pension from this House; thousands of women will not enjoy that privileged status. On 13 July, a new Prime Minister …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"It is kind of the hon. Gentleman to allow me to intervene. Not long ago, on 13 July, the new Prime Minister stood on the steps of No. 10 and talked about all parts of the nation, including Northern Ireland, and about bringing the United Kingdom together. She said that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"It is very kind of the Minister to give way. He will recall that in an earlier intervention I quoted the Prime Minister, whom he serves. Does he appreciate that his words make the Prime Minister’s words sound extremely hollow? This is not a nation in which the Prime Minister …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Social Fund Funeral Payments

"I am listening very carefully indeed to the hon. Gentleman’s speech, as ever. I invite him to take this opportunity to put on the record his appreciation for the contribution made by armed services charities. In Northern Ireland, and I expect throughout the United Kingdom, those charities have been very …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2015
Social Security

"The Minister will know that the Belfast agreement created two statutory organisations: the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland. What consultation have the Government conducted with them on these welfare reforms?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2015
Social Security

"Instead of concentrating only on the SDLP, I would be intrigued to find out what persuaded Sinn Féin, after months and months of saying no to welfare reform, to agree with the DUP—and do not tell me it was the charm of the DUP; just explain why they changed their …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Dec 2015
Social Security

"I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to intervene again. I am sure that he would like to correct the record. Instead of describing an Assembly Member as a “little Green man”, perhaps he could explain that that Member of the Legislative Assembly is in fact …..."
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