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HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for that question and agree that it is not political. I know that his approach to this is not. I am grateful for how he approaches these issues.…17 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleI am not sure what the noble Baroness is referring to but, if I can find out, I will be very happy to write to her. We now have something called the support with employee health…17 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleI am not sure we have any published statistics, but my best understanding at the moment is that there are more than 800 disability employment advisers and DEA leaders. The…17 Dec 2025HANSARDEmployment Gap for Blind and Sight-impaired PeopleI am grateful to my noble friend for raising that and for bringing her personal experience to the fore here. My department is responsible for disability in government, and we work…17 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, the noble Lord makes a really important point, which is that we need as a country to make sure that we prioritise the cost of living and enabling people to earn enough.…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, the Government have seen no evidence that the two-child limit had an impact on family size. For example, 47% of households affected by the two-child limit were not…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, perhaps the noble Lord knows more than I do about the state of the economy that this party inherited when we came into government. We have dealt with all the challenges…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, that is why the Government have set that as their target. I say to the noble Viscount that the whole point about this is that it is not a choice. It is not a question of…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, I think I have made my views clear on the impact of this policy. It is, in essence, a failed social experiment which has been pushing 100 children a day into poverty. We…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, the great advantage is not an either/or. The wonderful thing about child maintenance is that it does not impact on somebody’s social security, so if someone is working…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, my noble friend makes a really important point about the scarring effects of poverty. Our aim is to make sure that everyone who can work, does, with all the help they…10 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 23 October be approved. Relevant document: 40th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitI am grateful to my noble friend for calling me back to order. The availability of contraception has been transformative for women, and we should all recognise that. Being able to…10 Dec 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit: Two-child LimitMy Lords, this Government are determined to lift children out of poverty, and removing the two-child limit is the fastest and most cost-effective way to do so. The benefit cap is…10 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am pleased to introduce this instrument. Subject to the approval of this Committee, these regulations will be another significant step forward in the reform of our…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to the Committee for the handful of questions that has been offered up. I share with the noble Viscount, Lord Younger, disappointment that there are not…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025On the question of surpluses, the regulators will ensure that a scheme has sufficient financial resources through a range of key mechanisms centred around the role of a scheme…08 Dec 2025HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Extension to Unconnected Multiple Employer Schemes and Miscellaneous…08 Dec 2025HANSARDCarer’s Allowance: OverpaymentsMy Lords, if I could give the noble Lord a precise date on which all the computer systems and all the systems will have changed, I would be glad to do it. Let me put this in…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCarer’s Allowance: OverpaymentsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her important question. Our data suggests that there are around 212,000 overpayment cases in the relevant period, between 2015 and…02 Dec 2025