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HANSARDUniversal Credit: Benefit Cap and Two Child LimitMy Lords, can I give a specific example? The most reverend Primate has talked about the impact on individuals. The larger families study that the Minister mentioned interviewed…24 Jan 2023HANSARDChildcareTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that parents can access the childcare they need in order to work.17 Jan 2023HANSARDBereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction to this remedial order and all noble Lords who have spoken. I always think that any debate that starts, “Let me give some…17 Jan 2023HANSARDBereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order 2022I am grateful to the Minister and thank him for the answers he has been able to give. He was unable to answer questions from my noble friend and me about the treatment of the lump…17 Jan 2023HANSARDChildcareMy Lords, the ONS recently reported the first sustained rise in 30 years in the number of women not in the labour market because they are taking care of family—and no wonder, when…17 Jan 2023HANSARDFood BanksI welcome the Minister to his new brief; I very much look forward to engaging with him in the months ahead. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Stedman-Scott, for her service in this…09 Jan 2023HANSARDFront-loaded Child Benefit Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for standing in for the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, and introducing the amendments in his name. I shall speak to Amendments 2, 4…02 Dec 2022HANSARDBiocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022On that last point, the question I was trying to ask—I probably phrased it very poorly—was that I realise that if information comes to the Government’s attention, by some tool or…21 Nov 2022HANSARDCessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022No other takers—I am shocked, given that it is such an exciting instrument. I thank the Minister for her introduction to these regulations, in which I am interested. I was going…21 Nov 2022HANSARDBiocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to these regulations, the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for her very interesting contribution, and officials for supplying some…21 Nov 2022HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceMy Lords, the Minister is rightly encouraging people to claim the benefits to which they are entitled, but can I take her back to the question asked by her noble friend Lady…17 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022If I can put the Minister out of her misery, I would be content from this point onward if she were to write to me with answers to the remaining questions. I just say for the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDPensions Dashboards Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comprehensive introduction to these regulations, and all noble Lords who have spoken. Most of us were involved in the passage of the Pension…15 Nov 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022That this House regrets that the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/752) do not take adequate steps to protect claimants from financial…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank all noble Lord who have spoken tonight and thank the noble Lord, Lord Storey, for making some important points about the position of vulnerable claimants and…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022My Lords, my regret Motion relates to the regulations which amend the process of “managed migration”, the means by which DWP plans to move people who are currently claiming legacy…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022Just to clarify, nobody who has raised the question of uprating has asked the Minister to comment on the amount by which benefits will be or should be uprated. On the assumption…24 Oct 2022HANSARDUniversal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her answers. There are still some outstanding questions, and I remain very worried about the impact on people who are utterly dependent on the…24 Oct 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Public Well-beingMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Drake has done a characteristically brilliant job of describing the impact of the rising cost of living across the whole landscape. I will focus…20 Oct 2022HANSARDUnemployment FiguresMy Lords, I think the Minister is here to answer—20 Oct 2022