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HANSARDUNICEF: Child Poverty RankingsMy Lords, the Minister mentions various measures, but when it comes to international comparisons, the Government do not get to mark their own homework. Relative poverty is used…28 Feb 2024HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this order and all noble Lords who have spoken. As he has explained, the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order will increase most…27 Feb 2024HANSARDGuaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2024I just want to understand that response. It does not sound like very many. I presume what the Minister is trying to say to the Committee is that, having looked at the denominator…27 Feb 2024HANSARDGuaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing this order, and I thank all noble Lords who spoke. I say to my noble friend Lord Davies that, if I were ever to go on “Mastermind”,…27 Feb 2024HANSARDInter Faith NetworkMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating that Answer. Our country is strengthened by the richness and diversity of the faith traditions here, but the Government have a…22 Feb 2024HANSARDMesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2024My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations to the Committee and all noble Lords who have spoken. As we have heard, the Government have decided to increase…19 Feb 2024HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations so clearly; I also thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I agree with my noble friend Lady Drake; she need never worry…13 Feb 2024HANSARDWorkers (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bridges of Headley, for introducing this debate and all members of the committee for their hard work. Having heard many of them in action, I…08 Feb 2024HANSARDDisability Action PlanMy Lords, I thank the Government for advance sight of the Statement, which came out yesterday. This is the latest in a series of moves on the part of the Government designed to…06 Feb 2024HANSARDEngineered Stone and SilicosisMy Lords, the HSE’s own website says: “Silica is the biggest risk to construction workers after asbestos”. As the Minister said, it is found in engineered stone which is used…15 Jan 2024HANSARDMinister for Disabled PeopleMy Lords, words matter, but action matters even more. Are my back-of-an-envelope sums right—is Mims Davies now the 13th Minister for Disabled People since the Government came to…19 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Support (Management of Payments and Arrears and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I do not know whether it is too historic, but I possibly should have drawn the Committee’s attention to the fact that I have a historic pecuniary interest as a former director of…18 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Support (Management of Payments and Arrears and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, for his careful questioning on the £7 matter; I shall…18 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, the Minister says that the Government are concerned about poverty, and he describes the things the Government have done, but we have to look at the results, because I am…07 Dec 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensions: AIMy Lords, this Question has become topical since I tabled it, since the Government have started to take powers to look into the bank account of every pensioner in the country. But…05 Dec 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensions: AITo ask His Majesty’s Government how the Department for Work and Pensions is using artificial intelligence and what governance process is in place for such use.05 Dec 2023HANSARDBenefit Claimants: Free PrescriptionsMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this short debate, especially the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London for making it possible and for her…30 Nov 2023HANSARDBenefit Claimants: Free PrescriptionsI am sure that the Minister will write, but I will ask one simple question before we are timed out: how many people could be affected by this policy?30 Nov 2023HANSARDPensions Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Equal Treatment by Occupational Pension Schemes) Regulations 2023On that last point, the Minister mentioned the Private Member’s Bill, but my question was actually about when the Government were planning to implement its provisions—perhaps he…14 Nov 2023HANSARDPensions Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Equal Treatment by Occupational Pension Schemes) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Minister for a very helpful introduction to these orders and particularly for explaining the background to the court cases, which will make reading Hansard…14 Nov 2023