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HANSARDTopical QuestionsExisting electoral law seeks to control the spending and supervise the message whenever we go into elections. Does the Minister share my concern that it might not be adequate to…23 Oct 2019HANSARDEngagementsI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his role today. I remember when my right hon. Friend resigned from the Cabinet because of his disagreements with Brexit policy—a route I…02 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have had heartbreaking meetings with constituents from Hastings regarding the loan charge, where I have heard tragic and sad stories about the destruction of families and their…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: Short Positions against the PoundI congratulate my hon. Friend on his elevation to this important role. While many of us on the Government Benches, and in fact across the House, are concerned about the impact on…30 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationI must raise my concerns about the Attorney General constantly saying that this Parliament is dead. This Parliament was elected in 2017. It reflects the divisions in this country,…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI thank my right hon. Friend for his question and his continued interest in ensuring that the poorest in our society and in his constituency are well looked after. The purpose of…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationAt the core of my Department is the desire to deliver a considered and considerate welfare system that incentivises work. Universal credit has been rolled out nationally, and…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationThe hon. Lady is determined to demonise what is a very sensible approach to trying to ensure that universal credit delivers what it is intended to deliver. She has given us a…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationTo address the final question first, yes the SSAC has been consulted. On how the amounts have been arrived at, that is broadly in line with what the tribunal has recommended, but…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments and for his time in discussing with me a constituency issue that contributed to my responding in an accelerated way to the…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his questions. I am aware that there is, quite rightly, a lot of interest in how we will assess the pilot, and I have been looking at that…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI know that my hon. Friend has raised this on several occasions, and he will be aware that the Department has already made changes that will affect the run-on of housing benefit…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI will always look at evidence, and if the hon. Lady wants to show me any of the evidence she has been on the receiving end of, I would be happy to look at it. I point out to her,…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI thank the hon. Lady for raising this. I am determined to ensure that local authorities are correctly informed so that they can support not only the managed migration pilot but…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationIt is disappointing to hear from the hon. Lady that her constituent has had such a difficult time. I hope that we will be able to erase any errors that have taken place in the…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationThe hon. Lady asks a lot of detailed questions, and I will do my best to answer them, but if I have not done so, I hope she will write to me so that I can complete my response. A…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationThe right hon. Gentleman is no doubt aware that, in addition to the advances, the housing benefit run-on and the legacy benefits run-on will come in next year, and they are…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI simply do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation either of my ministerial colleagues or of the intention of universal credit. The hon. Gentleman describes his…22 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI want to take this opportunity to say that the new enterprise allowance has been a great success in supporting businesses, and I am pleased with how it has been picked up by MPs…22 Jul 2019HANSARDWork and PensionsOur safety net is one of the strongest in the world. We deliver the fourth most generous level of welfare support in the OECD. In this financial year, total welfare spending will…15 Jul 2019