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HANSARDPension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling) Order 2025My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Davies of Brixton for introducing this debate and all noble Lords who have contributed. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord…23 Apr 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceSome people get carer’s allowance—I know the noble Baroness understands this, but this is for the benefit of the House—while others will have a carer’s element in universal…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceMy Lords, the one thing we can definitely agree on is that we support carers. We are grateful for the work they do. Society has reason to be grateful for the work they do. This…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceI thank the noble Lord for that excellent question. I reiterate our absolute appreciation of the work that is done by both paid and unpaid carers. We are very conscious of the…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceMy Lords, there is confusion, but I do not think it is the Chancellor who created it. I have heard a suggestion that carers’ benefits are being cut. Let me be clear: carers’…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceMy Lords, I cannot tell my noble friend at this stage what it will be, both because we are listening to the wider views and because we are going to take our time to work this…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceThe noble Baroness is right. There are cases—unusual cases—where both members of a couple are entitled to sickness or disability benefits, and even cases where both are getting…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPIP Changes: Impact on Carer’s AllowanceMy Lords, those are two important questions. I know we are working up the consultation process at the moment. That process will not start until we publish all the versions of the…31 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformWith parliamentary approval, we will use primary legislation to address the changes in universal credit and PIP eligibility. Assuming that we have parliamentary approval and that…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made earlier today in the other place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the noble Lord for that question. I have real confidence in this. The noble Lord may know that in January we published the terms of reference for the Keep Britain Working…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I am really grateful to the noble Baroness for raising that question and, as she so often does, reminding us of the challenges in this area. Let me say a couple of…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments and questions. Maybe we can start by agreeing that we all have great respect for each other, which is both genuinely true and…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, my noble friend raises some interesting points and I am grateful for the welcome she has given to some elements of our reforms. On the question of adequacy, it may be—in…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformThose are two great questions, and I thank the noble Baroness for them—and also for the phrase “retail is detail”, which I shall now deploy as though it were my own whenever the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for raising that question and I apologise to my noble friend Lady Lister for having forgotten to deal with it in my response to her. I…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London for that important question. I mentioned earlier that the prevalence of disability has increased. I have to correct that:…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank the noble Baroness and commend her for her work with Cerebral Palsy Scotland. She raises a really important point. To be clear, the proposals in the Green Paper would…18 Mar 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank my noble friend for the question. Of course, she has a great deal of experience in this area; she knows only too well how the system works and how it has worked in the…18 Mar 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit (Standard Allowance Entitlement of Care Leavers) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my thanks to my friend the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester, and I commend him for his work on this Bill and for giving the whole House an…14 Mar 2025