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HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsMy Lords, some of the cases in the LEAP exercise go back to 2006, so this is already going back a very long way, but I can reassure the noble Lord that that the exercise went back…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsMy noble friend raises a really important point. There is a lot of complexity, particularly in the old basic state pension. With the new state pension, your entitlement depends on…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsMy Lords, everyone should receive the state pension payments to which they are entitled. This Government understand the importance of putting right any errors. DWP became aware of…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsThat was slightly different: it was about an error in people’s national insurance records. The DWP itself discovered during a fraud and error exercise that there were some…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsI thank the noble Viscount; there have been good questions today. With the transition from the old state pension to the new state pension, it became more important that people had…13 Mar 2025HANSARDNational Insurance Pension UnderpaymentsThe noble Baroness makes an excellent point; I would expect no less, since she has rather more experience in this field than I do. She is right that there will be some people, in…13 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025I thank my noble friend for that excellent question. He has hit on something quite important. If we are going to try to tackle poverty, tackling the cost of housing in our society…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025I thank the right reverend Prelate for that question and pay tribute to those not just in her diocese but across the country who are working so hard—volunteers and organisations,…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025I always make sure that the comments of all my noble friends—and, indeed, all noble Lords—are conveyed to those down the other end. I absolutely agree with my noble friend that it…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025My noble friend knows more about collective bargaining than anyone in this House, I suspect, and I thank him for that question. He is absolutely right to highlight the scandal of…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025My Lords, the Government value the insights provided by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and its recommendations will be taken into account in the ongoing work to develop a child…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025I did not say “£20 billion”; bear with me. The noble Baroness raises an important point. The Child Poverty Unit is looking at the full range of tools available to it, and it will…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025My Lords, Labour voters in the last election did not expect this Government to inherit the mess of an economy that we did.10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025I thank the noble Baroness for that question; I will certainly look into that and see what else the Government can do. There are a number of programmes, which are not always well…10 Mar 2025HANSARDUK Poverty 2025My Lords, the noble Baroness has been around the game long enough to know that no matter how she tempts me to comment on speculation out there in the papers, if I did that I would…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025That the draft Orders and Regulations laid before the House on 9, 15 and 16 January be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 25 February and 3 March.05 Mar 2025HANSARDPneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I will also speak to the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025. The schemes we are debating today provide vital…03 Mar 2025HANSARDPneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.03 Mar 2025HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.03 Mar 2025HANSARDPneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions and their support for these regulations. I always find that this is one of the most moving debates we have in…03 Mar 2025