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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2015
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

"Order. Before I call the next speaker, we are getting tight on time and now that the maiden speeches are over I will be a bit stricter. I do not want to impose a time limit, but if we can keep speeches to about seven or eight minutes—that is a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 112, page 22, leave out lines 6 and 7.

Removes the word “short-term” in the clause devolving disability benefit. It is not clear what “short-term” means in this context, how it will be defined or whom it may exclude …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"That is a point of debate, and we are slightly veering away from the amendment that the hon. Member for Nottingham North (Mr Allen) has tabled. I think we can move on now...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Scotland Bill

"Order. Let us have one debate at a time. If hon. Members wish to intervene, they should indicate that. Thank you...."
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Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Monday 7th July 2014

Asked by: Natascha Engel (Labour - North East Derbyshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether debt accrued by non-resident parents transfers automatically to the Child Maintenance Service for enforcement when the Child Support Agency is abolished.

Answered by Steve Webb

Our first priority is to collect money for children who will benefit from regular ongoing maintenance payments, rather than the pursuit of historic arrears in cases where the children have now grown up.

However, where arrears of child maintenance are linked to an on-going child maintenance case on the 2012 scheme, we will move arrears in those cases to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue them as appropriate alongside the on-going maintenance case.

In cases where the arrears are not linked to an on-going 2012 case, and a parent with care does not request that their arrears are written off, we will transfer them to the Child Maintenance Service and pursue collection as resources allow.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2014
DWP: Performance

"I am sorry that the Secretary of State believes this debate is cynical and nonsense, because I have received more correspondence on, and more people have come to see me about, this single issue than any other over the past two years. That cannot be unique to North East Derbyshire; …..."
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Written Question

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Monday 31st March 2014

Asked by: Natascha Engel (Labour - North East Derbyshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what charges are incurred by those appealing against a benefit assessment ruling.

Answered by Mike Penning

This is a matter for the Ministry of Justice.

They have no plans to introduce fees to bring an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"We read in The Guardian—it must be true—that the Secretary of State is considering charging for appeals against DWP decisions. If someone has their benefits stopped, with what money are they supposed to pay to get justice?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2013
Food Banks

"The food bank in Chesterfield that opened six months ago has reported that 50% of people presenting to the food bank are there because of benefit changes and benefit sanctions and because the DWP has really messed up. In what way is that not the responsibility of the DWP and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 12 Nov 2013
Housing Benefit

"I have been sitting here for several hours stewing about the opening statement by the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for Thornbury and Yate (Steve Webb). He said that the Government identified their largest area of spend—the Department for Work and Pensions—and decided that …..."
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