Member of Parliament
Baroness Buscombe
Member since
23 Jul 1998
Bills sponsored
1
Speeches (30d)
0
Speeches (all)
276
Written questions
0
Last spoke
18 Mar 2026
Recent contributions (276)
HANSARDBenefit ReformsMy Lords, let us look quickly at what we offered in the Budget. The Budget has made an enormous difference in the amount of money that we have put into the system following…10 Jan 2019HANSARDBenefit ReformsMy Lords, I am not ashamed. There are many and varied reasons why people use food banks and it is misleading to automatically link this to any single cause, as the party opposite…10 Jan 2019HANSARDBenefit ReformsThe noble Baroness will have heard that we are doing a lot through cash injection for childcare support, but I accept that it is important to look at the process of how and when…10 Jan 2019HANSARDBenefit ReformsIt is not to use up time, it is to set out our case. A working couple on universal credit with three children aged four, six and eight, for example, could be eligible for…10 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal CreditI am sorry. Under the legacy system people lived, as it were, in the shadowlands of dependency. We are lifting people out of poverty and encouraging more people into work. The…08 Jan 2019
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