Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty
"Will the Minister clarify the point about 100,000 children brought out of poverty before housing costs? What is the number after taking account of housing costs?..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Nov 2020
The Future of Work
"We have five speakers in the debate before we go to the Front-Bench speakers, so I ask people to consider an informal time limit of seven minutes...."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 20th October 2020
Asked by:
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) extending the £20 uplift to universal credit and working tax credit beyond April 2021 and (b) extending that uplift to people on legacy benefits.
Answered by Will Quince
The Government introduced a package of temporary welfare measures worth around £9.3 billion this year to help with the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the £20 weekly increase to the Universal Credit Standard Allowance rates as a temporary measure for the 20/21 tax year.
Future decisions on spending will be made at the next appropriate fiscal event, and Parliament will be updated accordingly.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Inequality and Social Mobility
"It is a delight to follow the really thoughtful speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North East (Mr Sweeney).
I do not believe that there is a parent who does not want the best for their child, and I do not believe that there is a teacher …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2019
Inequality and Social Mobility
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Written Question
Monday 18th March 2019
Asked by:
Siobhain McDonagh (Labour - Mitcham and Morden)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of increasing the state pension age on access to benefits; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The Labour Government 1997-2010, the Coalition 2010-2015 and the Conservative Government of 1992-1997 have taken a similar approach to raising State Pension age. Successive Governments have taken care to give proper consideration to the impact of the proposals made in the Pensions Acts of 1995, 2007 and 2011, which each made changes to the State Pension age. The exact form of the assessments has changed over time as the requirements on Government to carry out standardised impact assessments have changed.
The Pensions Act 1995 legislated to equalise men and women’s State Pension age at 65, over a 10 year period between 2010 and 2020. Standardised impact assessments had not been introduced at the time, but an overview of the options and evidence considered when developing the policy is provided in the 1993 white paper ‘Equality in State Pension age’. (See attached)
The Pensions Act 2007 legislated to introduce a timetable for the increase of State Pension age to 66, 67 and 68.
The impact assessment for the Pensions Act 2007 can be found here:
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121204130650/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pensions-bill-ria.pdf
The Pensions Act 2011 brought forward the equalisation of the male and female State Pension age at 65 by 18 months, so that it had taken place by November 2018 rather than April 2020. It also brought forward the increase from 65 to 66 by five and a half years, so that it takes place by October 2020 rather than March 2026.
The impact assessment for the Pensions Act 2011 can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit
"May I ask my hon. Friend for help on behalf of Paul in my constituency? In September, his wife died, and he is in pieces. He cannot get her name removed from his UC application. He says that every time he logs on it is a knife through his heart. …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Sep 2018
Universal Credit (Liverpool)
"Order. I have been generous in my interpretation of what can be said during this debate, but it is about the introduction of universal credit in Liverpool, and I would like us to concentrate on Liverpool...."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 11 Sep 2018
Funeral Poverty
"I congratulate my hon. Friend on her tenacity and determination in taking on this terrible scourge. Is she aware of the exploitation that people face when trying to bury a loved one, with local authorities doubling, tripling or quadrupling burial fees for someone who did not live in the borough …..."Siobhain McDonagh - View Speech
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