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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"As a fellow north-easterner who also has a great deal of poverty in his constituency, perhaps I might be allowed to speak in this debate.

I will be blunt. I am tired of the Opposition playing games with this issue, not just today but over the preceding weeks and months. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Mar 2018
Universal Credit

"My hon. Friend made a very powerful speech on this theme earlier. I think what she says is true. In fact, there is a pretty sparse attendance on the Opposition Benches, given that this was meant to be an open goal. This was absolutely all about clips for the TV …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister agree that it is important that we are absolutely scrupulous in our presentation of the facts about universal credit? As the Secretary of State referred to earlier, I wrote to the UK Statistics Authority to query the shadow Secretary of State’s claim that

“40,000 children will wake …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 05 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
PIP Back Payments

"May I congratulate the Minister on the tone in which she has conducted these proceedings? It has been absolutely spot-on, and it really does refute some of the more accusatory comments from Opposition Members. Will she set out by how much spending on the main disability benefits has risen since …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Dec 2017
Universal Credit Project Assessment Reviews

"I have never been in any doubt that my constituents understand the need to support each other through our welfare state. It is with quiet compassion, rather than resentment, that taxpayers see a portion of their labour dedicated to assisting those whom life has dealt an unfair or unforgiving hand. …..."
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Written Question
Universal Credit
Monday 13th November 2017

Asked by: Simon Clarke (Conservative - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question HL2020, on universal credit, whether an assessment has been made on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the number of jobs available for people in each parliamentary constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the number of jobs available for people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

Answered by Damian Hinds

In total, it is estimated that Universal Credit will help around 250,000 people move into employment. We have not modelled the effect of Universal Credit at constituency level. On average, it works out at around 400 extra people in work in each parliamentary constituency, but UC will have a larger impact in areas with higher proportions of benefit claimants or a higher prevalence of single parents and out-of-work families.

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

"Will the hon. Lady give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"It is the hallmark of a fair welfare system that it includes a strong and effective way of helping people who are out of work to find employment, and, by doing so, allows them to enjoy the dignity, confidence and self-reliance that comes with the ability to provide for themselves …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"In answer to the question, I would tell them that—as I would defend to anybody—this Government are creating jobs and, through their changes to taxes and benefits, making life better.

The fact that I have been elected to serve my constituency shows that people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland …..."
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