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Withdrawal Agreement: Proposed Changes
Monday 7th October 2019

(4 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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The hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey) can legitimately shoehorn his Question 19 into this exchange.

Mark Pawsey Portrait Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con)
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19. The Secretary of State has referred to the valuable role of citizens advice bureaux, and the Rugby CAB does fantastic work. It has told me about the challenges that clients face when they transition from employment and support allowance to universal credit. Will the Minister assure me that that transition is being sensitively and effectively managed?

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies
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The Department is absolutely committed to making sure that we have the most compassionate and approachable opportunities for people to claim in every single constituency. I have met work coaches—from Scotland to Crawley to Walsall—who are dealing with this day to day, and the Help to Claim scheme backs that up.

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