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HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsWe certainly do have confidence in our consultation and our listening. I will not go into further detail on the strategy because there is so much else that I want to respond to…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI do not think that is likely to be in the White Paper. The hon. Gentleman might have heard that it is not our intention to further devolve welfare to the Welsh Government. None…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI will give way a few times, Sir Gary, but I will not have a great deal of time to cover everything in the debate if I do it too many times.01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI am terribly sorry, but I now need to make progress to cover as many of the points that have been raised as I can. Since October 2013, 3.2 million completed work capability…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsI want to acknowledge a point that has been made by a number of hon. Members before I give way to the hon. Lady who secured the debate. That is the point about transparency, which…01 Feb 2022HANSARD Disability Benefits AssessmentsWe are talking about a Green Paper. The point of a Green Paper is to improve the system, so we should continue the debate that we are having. We are committed to ensuring that…01 Feb 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillI join many others in thanking the hon. Member for West Lancashire (Rosie Cooper) and congratulating her on all the work she has done to bring forward the Bill, working with me to…28 Jan 2022HANSARDDiffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme LevyThe Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014 require active employers’ liability insurers to pay an annual levy, based on their relative market share, for the…25 Jan 2022HANSARDSupporting Terminally Ill ClaimantsToday the Department for Work and Pensions is introducing an amendment to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 and the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 to exempt…24 Jan 2022HANSARDDisability Workforce Reporting ConsultationToday the Government are publishing their consultation on disability workforce reporting, as announced in the national disability strategy. Our strategy, published in July 2021,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentToday the Department will publish the latest update on progress on making backdated payments to personal independence payment claimants who are affected by the MH and RJ decisions…14 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyThe entire Government are committed to transforming the everyday lives of disabled people through the national disability strategy because we want to build back better and fairer.…13 Dec 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit Transition: Severe Disability PremiumThere is a little repetition with the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins). To support claimants previously entitled to the severe disability…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyI am very grateful for that question, and I pay tribute to the history that the hon. Member has and the work that he is doing in this area. Two Ministers in this Department have…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyI certainly will. I pay tribute to Becky Maddern, who I too find inspirational. Indeed, I was thinking about her only at the weekend as I visited a playground with my own children…13 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsStatutory sick pay is just one part of our welfare safety net and the wider Government support offered to people in times of need. We have been able to look closely at statutory…13 Dec 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit Transition: Severe Disability PremiumI am happy to meet the hon. Lady, who, as a relatively new member of the House, I can see is getting stuck into casework. I welcome her hard work in doing so. The design of…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyThe exercise leading up to the publication of that strategy was one of the biggest listening exercises ever undertaken with disabled people by Government. I am proud of it and…13 Dec 2021HANSARDLegacy Benefits: People with Severe DisabilitiesPeople on legacy benefits with severe disabilities are most likely to get employment and support allowance. Income-related ESA claimants may be entitled to the enhanced disability…13 Dec 2021HANSARDNational Disability StrategyI certainly will. The Government remain absolutely committed to that. There is more to do but progress has been made since 2017. The number of disabled people in employment has…13 Dec 2021