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HANSARD Local Government Finance (England)I cannot help but feel concerned that, in spite of what the Secretary of State is saying, the reality around both planned cuts and cuts that will result from the so-called fair…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsI hope it was not. In the Government’s formal response, there was no recognition or acknowledgment of the recommendation, which was completely rejected by the Government. In 2014,…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for granting an Adjournment debate on such an important issue. The first duty of any Government is to keep its citizens safe, particularly the…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right. This shames us all. These are the most vulnerable in our society, and, as I shall go on to show, evidence…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsOkay. I just saw a bit of a smirk.24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsI totally agree with my hon. Friend. I shall go on to show that this has been going on for years now, and that nobody has responded. Systematic errors are coming out in repeated…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsMy right hon. Friend hits the nail on the head. There are systemic failures within the Department and they have to be addressed. This is just not good enough. Jodey Whiting, who…24 Feb 2020HANSARDSocial Security Benefits: Claimant DeathsAbsolutely. I thank the hon. Gentleman. This is unforgivable. These are people’s family members and we are failing them. We must not let this continue.24 Feb 2020HANSARD Social SecurityI am grateful to my right hon. Friend—the new Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee—for giving way. Many of us are concerned that the Government’s proposed increase is not at…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Social SecurityMy hon. Friend is making a lengthy and well thought-out speech, unfortunately not reflected by the Government. He mentioned the increase in child poverty and the concerns that so…10 Feb 2020HANSARD Social SecurityOn that point, I wonder what the hon. Member thinks of the Citizens Advice proposal that all frozen benefits be uprated not just by CPI, but by CPI plus 2% for the next four…10 Feb 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe National Federation of Indian Women estimates that 13,000 teenage boys from Jammu-Kashmir have been detained following the revocation of article 370 on 5 August. Will the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDUniversal Credit: Delayed Roll-OutI congratulate the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) on his urgent question. Policy in Practice analysis shows that disabled people lose an average of £3,000 a year,…04 Feb 2020HANSARD HomelessnessI thank the Secretary of State for giving way; he has been very generous. I have had constituents living in tents, cars—one even in a cave. All those cases—I have many more, and I…29 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillI could not hear myself, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is also a question of who and where. We know that life expectancy is flatlining, that healthy life expectancy is flatlining, and…27 Jan 2020HANSARDWork Capability Assessments: Claimant HealthJodey Whiting took her own life in 2017 when her social security support stopped after she missed a work capability assessment that she did not know about. Last week, a…27 Jan 2020HANSARDNHS Funding BillAs well as the question of what the money will be spent on—and I welcome the extra investment—there is the question of— [Interruption.]27 Jan 2020HANSARDWork Capability Assessments: Claimant Health4. What recent assessment she has made of the effect on claimant health of the work capability assessment process.27 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsQ6. There are 1,200 people living with dementia in my constituency, and there are 850,000 across the United Kingdom. Dementia is the leading cause of death in the UK today. Will…15 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend makes the point that I am trying to make: if the Government are committed to this, why are they not putting it in the Bill? Last September’s UN climate action…08 Jan 2020