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HANSARDCovid-19: Department for Work and Pensions UpdateI thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and I would also like to thank the staff of the DWP for their commitment to answering and addressing the huge additional workload…05 May 2020HANSARDSelf-employment Income Support SchemeWhat advice would the Minister give to a self-employed decorator who has been out of work since the lockdown started and who applied for universal credit? After being made to…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: People Living in PovertyMy Lords, poor and disadvantaged people have been deprived of vital services and rights in recent times. Some 1.8 million single parents have been struck hard by the consequences…30 Apr 2020HANSARDHousehold IncomeMy Lords, does the noble Baroness accept that automatic sanctions cause huge stress not only to unemployed people but to working families who are on benefits? What assurances can…10 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I too have signed both amendments which, as has been said, relate to the current situation of the punitive pension taxation on doctors in the NHS. The annual allowance…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I have three amendments in this group. Amendments 87 and 88 relate to auto-enrolment to reduce the lower age limit to 18 and introduce a review of auto-enrolment which…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The Minister said that these two reviews will be reported in the Budget. Is he talking about the intention to conduct a review or saying that the outcomes of reviews that have…04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]04 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his assurances and for the information he gave. I am sure that the Government want to pursue the evidence-based approach, but the actual situation is very…04 Mar 2020HANSARDGuaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2020My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on her speech and I very much support what she said. I shall just raise a few issues that I hope the Minister will agree…03 Mar 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, is the Minister aware that a large body of evidence supports the case that benefits sanctions have a devastating effect on claimants’ mental health and could even result…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]I have some amendments which we will come to later concerning similar issues. I very much support this amendment. The briefing that we had from the ABI gave us quite an insight…02 Mar 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, my Amendment 89 relates to the occupational pension schemes regulations in the statement of investment principles. Again, it is about compliance with the Paris…26 Feb 2020HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]My Lords, I want to speak in particular to Amendments 3 and 11. This is a major opportunity for Birmingham to promote itself in an international context, with all the subsequent…25 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I too signed Amendment 2, which my noble friend Lord Sharkey so ably introduced. I will be brief because I think all the arguments have been very well covered. The only…24 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I support the amendment. My noble friend Lord Sharkey raised this matter at Second Reading and in subsequent briefings. I alluded to transparency earlier; there is also…24 Feb 2020HANSARDBereavement ServicesMy Lords, the noble Baroness mentioned the charity Cruse Bereavement Care. Is she aware that in October 2019, Cruse commissioned research from YouGov about people’s experiences on…13 Feb 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Hunt, on the clarity and eloquence of her maiden speech, and I welcome her to the House. In this debate, I wish to raise the…05 Feb 2020HANSARDEating Disorders: Provision of CareMy Lords, I too am grateful to my noble friend Lady Parminter for the debate today. I will speak particularly about anorexia, a killer disease that frequently affects young girls…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, I do not know whether Ministers are aware, but Macmillan Cancer Support has observed that the five-week wait is preventing cancer patients taking up their entitlement to…04 Feb 2020