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HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftWe have provided £140 million of discretionary housing payments to councils, specifically to target that element. We boosted the local housing allowance in the covid Budget of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to point out the opportunities for people on legacy benefits. They may be better off on UC, but if not, they should wait for the managed migration…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Lady is right to consider the vulnerable people in her constituency. We looked at some of the policy choices we were making, published in our response to “Health is…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsFar from it. I recognise the hon. Lady is trying to stand up for her constituents, but she should also recognise the significant increases in benefits that have been provided,…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend. He will be aware that in the original primary legislation, which allowed for disregard, only Northern Ireland specifically was considered, so I am very…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am conscious that the hon. Lady thinks that just because there is a free course, those people who are most disadvantaged in her country will take advantage of it. In fact, that…13 Dec 2021HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftI am sure the hon. Lady will welcome the £1.6 million that has been given to her local council specifically for targeted support through the household support fund. I am sure she…13 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Market Shortages: Employment SchemesI think it is worth explaining to the hon. Gentleman that a couple of different schemes are ongoing. Our principal role is to help people who are not working to get into jobs. We…13 Dec 2021HANSARDLabour Market Shortages: Employment SchemesOur plan for jobs is working. Since April 2020, over 1.9 million people have moved into work from the universal credit intensive work search group. We have done that by supporting…13 Dec 2021HANSARDEnd of Universal Credit UpliftThe uplift to universal credit was a temporary measure, so we have not completed an impact assessment on its withdrawal.13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady should be aware that there was a temporary uplift, reflecting what was happening with the covid pandemic, which was extended. I am sure she will appreciate the…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat I noticed was that when the hon. Gentleman referred to Tony Blair there was silence on the Labour Benches. What I will say is that we are absolutely committed to the lifetime…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI forgot to welcome the former shadow Secretary of State for Health to his new position. The right hon. Gentleman should reflect on the fact that his party opposed extra funding…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to put on the record that no karaoke parties were hosted by me during lockdown; the last time I did karaoke with the right hon. Gentleman was a couple of years ago. I am…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend, who is of course on the Select Committee, is very wise in her suggestions. That is exactly the sort of communications that we will be doing in the coming months.…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThanks to our taper rate cut and the increased work allowances announced by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor, almost 2 million households will now benefit from a cash boost…13 Dec 2021HANSARDStatutory Review of Benefit and Pension Rates: 2022-23I have concluded my statutory annual review of benefit and state pension rates. The new rates will apply in the tax year 2022-23 and come into effect on 11 April 2022. The…25 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Labour Organisation Convention 190I would like to inform the House that, today, the Government will lay the text of a Convention of the International Labour Organisation, the Violence and Harassment Convention, in…15 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven that it was a temporary uplift, recognising the effect of aspects of the pandemic on people new to benefits, no impact assessment was undertaken. With the removal of the…08 Nov 2021HANSARDHousehold Support FundI strongly agree. That is why we are working through local authorities, which understand their communities well, without there being blanket schemes. It is important that that is…08 Nov 2021