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HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, that is exactly how we are working, and I thank my hon. Friend for his question. Our “Get Britain Working” plan identified Cornwall as a rural industrial legacy employment…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I am glad he is visiting Rugby jobcentre, and I encourage all Members across the House to go to their local jobcentres, because their work…01 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that so many of my hon. Friends will, like her, welcome the changes we are making to statutory sick pay, which will improve eligibility for 1.3 million of the lowest-paid…01 Sept 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI have given way a lot, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am worried that you will be quite cross with me if I keep giving way, so I will make progress.15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI did say that I would give way to the hon. Gentleman, so let me do so before I finish my speech.15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingThe hon. Gentleman is not the only person who worries about it, and I will receive his intervention as a submission to the child poverty taskforce. The child poverty taskforce is…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingLet me make a little progress, if I may. The official Opposition’s motion speaks of a “benefits culture”. I simply ask them this: who made that culture happen? Who was in charge…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI do not believe for a moment that it is just people in the Labour party who care about poverty in this country. Former Conservative Members of this House who were discharged from…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingAs my hon. Friend rightly points out, in the speech by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), we heard yet again from a Tory party that…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will ask the Minister with responsibility for family hubs to write directly to the hon. Gentleman and work with him on that suggestion. From the word go on taking office, the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will mention a few contributions by the Children’s Commissioner for England, and then I will give way further. We heard from the commissioner that children think that free…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will continue for just a moment. All the young people who spoke to the commissioner could not have been clearer about the challenge of learning in overcrowded bedrooms. They…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for reminding me of two of my predecessors. I cannot claim to have known the former, but I did know Frank Field very…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will give way if the hon. Gentleman apologises to the 4.5 million children in this country growing up in poverty.15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI will come to the two-child limit in a moment, but let me correct the right hon. Gentleman: the issue then was Members voting to amend the King’s Speech. From the word go on…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that lengthy intervention. I deeply regret that he does not feel the need to look his own record in the face and, more than anything, that he…15 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare SpendingWell, there we have it—as ever, all politics and no economics. The Conservatives come to this House to talk not about the people of this country, but about themselves. In March,…15 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Support into WorkWe are building a new jobs and careers service for all, including those on universal credit, as the cornerstone of our Get Britain Working reforms. This new service will build…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Support into WorkSpecifically on the business that my hon. Friend mentioned, the Department’s rapid response service has worked with those affected and is keen to do more. I will personally ensure…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Support into WorkAs the Secretary of State set out some moments ago, we are introducing the biggest improvement to employment support that the country has known. We will ensure that people receive…23 Jun 2025