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HANSARDUniversal CreditI am not able to give my noble friend a list off the top of my head but I am very happy to write to him. If people do not have the paperwork, they are not just sent away to get…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditI accept that people with cancer have enough on their minds without having fiscal worries. If the noble Baroness could give me the details of someone at Macmillan, the best I can…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, the five-week wait is a cause for concern for many people; I am not denying that at all. I have been out on visits and spoken to various work coaches and Jobcentre Plus…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal CreditMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer given to an Urgent Question in another place on the extension to the universal…04 Feb 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]Of course, I will do that as soon as possible. This is an important Bill with a far-reaching impact on people. We will all work together in the House to get the legislation as we…28 Jan 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.28 Jan 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, I take this opportunity to thank all noble Lords for the positive engagement and feedback they have provided over the past couple of weeks and since the Bill was…28 Jan 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an excellent debate with excellent contributions. I thank noble Lords for the time they have spent preparing and delivering those contributions. I thank…28 Jan 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [HL]The noble Baroness, Lady Drake, is absolutely correct and I am glad that she pointed out the difference to me. I would like to meet her before Committee to address that issue, if…28 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeI can answer that one too. While noble Lords will not want me to read out a shopping list of things we have done—I know that it does not go down well—I will mention three things:…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeThe right reverend Prelate has been absolutely consistent on the issues around this particular benefit. I was delighted that he could come to our office to talk about them; he put…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeI understand the points that the noble Baroness has raised—you cannot argue with them. One of the major contributing factors was that inflation was twice what we thought it was…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeMy noble friend makes a point about tax credits. While I have no doubt that they did a lot of good, some of their ramifications caused difficulty, in that we had an annual rather…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeAgain, I understand the points that the noble Baroness makes. We can all recall incidents in our families—I can in my own; my niece is a single parent, and life is a challenge at…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeMy Lords, the benefit freeze was designed to put welfare on a sustainable footing, incentivising work and making welfare fairer. We conducted a number of assessments at the time…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeI would not want to contradict the noble Baroness—I have the greatest respect for her—but I think the Prime Minister said that austerity must stop, and that it was necessary at…13 Jan 2020HANSARDLow-income Families: Benefits FreezeWe have. I am sorry—it is a fact. We have more people in work than ever before, and—13 Jan 2020HANSARDPolicy-making: Future GenerationsThe phrase “something vexes thee” comes to mind. The noble Lord is trying to get me into the territory of another subject that I do not want to get into today; I want to stick to…01 Oct 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future GenerationsI would be foolish to say that we have not got some catching up to do, but I assure all noble Lords that we wish to work hard to achieve this. In terms of cross-government…01 Oct 2019HANSARDPolicy-making: Future GenerationsMy Lords, accounting for the interests of future generations is a core consideration within the Government’s policy-making. The Government require that all programmes, projects…01 Oct 2019