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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I very much look forward to welcoming the Secretary of State to Stirling shortly. When she comes will she take time to visit the Jobcentre Plus at Randolph Field, where she can talk to work coaches who will give a far more positive story about the impact—the positive, life-changing impact—of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. What estimate the Government have made of the number of workless households. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I also express my appreciation to my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Ms McVey) for her service and welcome the Secretary of State to her new position? I look forward to welcoming her to Stirling in due course.

Children in workless households are five times more likely …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"Let me add a significant statistic: there are more than 800,000 vacancies in this country, so the opportunities to go even further in terms of employment are there before us—it is a great prize...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Oct 2018
Universal Credit

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi). This has been in large measure a very thoughtful debate. I enjoyed, and would wish to be associated with, the remarks of my hon. Friends the Members for South Cambridgeshire (Heidi Allen) and for Amber Valley (Nigel …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the advice and support offered to recipients of universal credit in Scotland. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Citizens Advice’s Stirling district is a superb independent source of advice, having published a plain English guide to universal credit. Does the Minister agree that independent advice on benefits is essential and that ensuring it is provided without political point scoring from the Scottish Government and local government will serve …..."
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Written Question
Personal Independence Payment: Scotland
Tuesday 11th September 2018

Asked by: Stephen Kerr (Conservative - Stirling)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to introduce the video recording of assessments for personal independence payments in Scotland.

Answered by Sarah Newton

As part of our commitment to improve the Personal Independence Payment assessment process, we are progressing options to video record PIP face to face assessments across Great Britain. Following comprehensive work over the summer, we are designing a live testing pilot, due to begin in England later this year. The pilot will inform any full wider roll out decisions, which will be discussed with the Scottish Government.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit

"This is a petty and mean motion. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is doing a first-class job, and I have only the utmost respect for her and for what she is doing. There is no more passionate an advocate for the principle of work and the eradication …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2018
The Secretary of State’s Handling of Universal Credit

"Absolutely. The test of this system is how we take care of the most vulnerable people that are touched by it. That point is well accepted by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and her team.

Those are the five points that I wanted to make, and I …..."
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