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HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating that Answer. Universal credit should have been rolled out by April 2017. It will now be September 2024—seven and a half years late.…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an interesting and thoughtful debate and I have learned a lot during the evening. I now know a lot more about doctors’ pay, thanks to the noble Lord, Lord…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeMy Lords, the benefit freeze was not a reform but a straightforward cut: it simply cuts the value of certain benefits every single year, year on year, for five years. The result…13 Jan 2020HANSARDGender Pay GapMy Lords, my noble friend Lady Crawley is absolutely right: women’s pension wealth is on average one-third of men’s when they reach retirement age. The Minister mentioned the new…31 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that introduction. She need not worry about repeating herself; I do that all too often—and I write my own speeches, so she has my sympathy. I am…22 Oct 2019 Bills sponsored (4)