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HANSARDSocial Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill [HL]If I may help, the 2020 SSAC report recommended that the Government review whether children aged under three could be eligible for the higher rate component of DLA.24 May 2022HANSARDSenior Citizens: Means-tested BenefitsMy Lords, I am glad that nothing is off the table but I would quite like to see something on the table. Maybe the Chancellor could be encouraged to think that there is a bit of…23 May 2022HANSARDSocial Security System: Rising Cost of LivingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the social security system in the context of the rising cost of living.17 May 2022HANSARDSocial Security System: Rising Cost of LivingMy Lords, it is not enough. The welfare state was created to provide security in retirement and to make sure that life events did not result in destitution. Last month, the state…17 May 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillMy Lords, I too pay tribute to all those involved with the Bill, especially my honourable friend Rosie Cooper, who not only steered this Bill through another place but built such…27 Apr 2022HANSARDPension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) BillMy Lords, I briefly pay tribute to all involved in this Bill, including Margaret Ferrier MP, who steered it through the other place, and the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern, who has…27 Apr 2022HANSARDSocial Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance and Information-Sharing) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for that introduction, and indeed welcome him to the special joys of secondary legislation consideration in the House of Lords. I wish him many more…10 Mar 2022HANSARDWomen: Cost of LivingMy Lords, let me spell out what this is going to do. Inflation is running at record rates. The Bank of England forecasts that, next month, it will go up to 7.25%. That forecast…10 Mar 2022HANSARDScotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022I am grateful for the considerable information that the Minister has given me. In fact, I was not asking or generally complaining about PIP being slow, which is what she said. I…10 Mar 2022HANSARDScotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. As we have heard, following devolution of responsibility for certain social security benefits, the Scottish…10 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022May I suggest a pay rise for whichever member of the cavalry sent a note in her direction? To be clear, we will not oppose the order. I just wanted that point to be clear and I…09 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022I thank the Minister; I definitely have not had that answer before. In her mind, then, what is the point of this debate?09 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these orders and all noble Lords who have spoken. I agree with my noble friend Lord Jones that it would have been preferable had the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022If the Minister reads Hansard , that might cut out a stage.09 Mar 2022HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022Perhaps the Lord Chairman will allow me a little licence. I understand why the Minister said that, but I want to get to the bottom of what it is we think we are doing here. So the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformThe Minister did not follow my argument. Maybe when she reads Hansard, she will see that all I did was to quote from the equality analysis that her own department produced to…28 Feb 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformMy Lords, in May 2019, the then Prime Minister, Theresa May, launched the report of the Augar review. That was a long time ago, and it feels like a very long time ago. I wish I…28 Feb 2022HANSARDHigher Education ReformNo, I am sorry—I do not want to delay the House—but if she could actually read the equality analysis, it said that, as a direct result of the reduction in the foundation years…28 Feb 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2022I apologise, I was not clear enough. My question is not about diversity in the sense that it is mostly understood; I was specifically asking whether the requirements had been…23 Feb 2022HANSARDOccupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her introduction to these regulations and all noble Lords for their contributions. As some noble Lords will remember, we spent a long time…23 Feb 2022