- Topical Questions
- The following is an extract from Treasury Questions on 11 February 2020.
- Creditor enforcement action can greatly exacerbate the problems that people going through mental health crises can experience. May I commend the Chancellor and the Economic Secretary for the breathing space initiative, which will help to ease the pressure on those people and so many more?
- I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments, and I am very pleased that the breathing space scheme is moving forward. We published the impact assessment last week, and 700,000 people will benefit from the scheme next year when it comes into force. That number will rise to 1 million in the following year.[Official Report, 11 February 2020, Vol. 671, c. 707.]Letter of correction from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, the hon. Member for Salisbury (John Glen).An error has been identified in the response I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds).The correct response should have been:
- I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments, and I am very pleased that the breathing space scheme is moving forward. We published the impact assessment last week, and 700,000 people will benefit from the scheme next year when it comes into force. That number will rise to 1 million in following years.