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HANSARDMortgage Interest Rate Increases9. What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of increases in mortgage interest rates on homeowners in Wales.18 Oct 2023HANSARDDevolution (Employment) (Scotland)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Scotland Act 1998 to grant legislative competence for employment matters to the Scottish Parliament. At the…17 Oct 2023HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. May I seek your guidance on how hon. Members may hold energy companies to account for their shortcomings with their business customers? I have…06 Sept 2023HANSARDWork Capability Assessment ConsultationThe big difference between the SNP and the Conservative and Labour parties is that we do not approach this from the point of view that people are somehow on the make and on the…05 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot Colburn) who opened the debate on behalf of…04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsAbsolutely. I totally understand the hon. Lady’s point, and I am sure she will understand that a lot of the civil servants who were working on the design of the Social Security…04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsThe hon. Gentleman is shaking his head. I am sure he has something to say, so I am happy to give way.04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsWith the greatest respect to the hon. Gentleman, he has missed the point. The reality is that this contract is being delivered by the private sector—something to which I have a…04 Sept 2023HANSARDDisability Benefits: AssessmentsThe hon. Gentleman is saying what would happen if a contract were found somehow not to be working, but I rather suspect that the Minister will look at the fact that the overturn…04 Sept 2023HANSARDTwo-child Limit: Child PovertyI am disappointed that the Minister does not know, because his Department has made 2,590 women prove and relive the ordeal of being raped, simply to get that state support, but…04 Sept 2023HANSARDTwo-child Limit: Child PovertyThe Minister seems to forget that the two-child limit impacts people who are on in-work benefits. The only exemption to the two-child limit is if a woman can prove that her third…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit Deductionsrose —19 Jul 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit DeductionsI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. When the permanent secretary of the DWP gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee, I raised the issue of the recovery of some…19 Jul 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit DeductionsI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. It is important that information is communicated slightly better to claimants. As an action point, will he undertake to go away and…19 Jul 2023HANSARDUniversal Credit DeductionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I thank my very good friend, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens), for securing this…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsMay I start, as others have, by sending my thanks to the Chair of our Select Committee, the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), for securing today’s debate and for…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThat is right. It was not unusual for the previous Secretary of State to say things which, after some scrutiny, might not make sense. The hon. Lady is right. For Ministers to hide…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe Parliamentary Private Secretary is shaking his head at that, but probably because he is so embarrassed. The five-week wait for a first payment is needlessly pushing people…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsDoes the Chair of the Select Committee agree that the Government need to resist the temptation to try to plug the gaps with one-off payments? They should actually look at the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for putting that point on the record. He was my predecessor on the Select Committee and follows this work well. I will come to debt and deductions,…04 Jul 2023