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HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingTo be dragged to the courts yet again in relation to PIP and the totally inadequate support that it provides to disabled people is a shame on this Government. According to Mind,…23 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI have just attended the oral session for an inquiry looking at the health impacts of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, in which it was revealed that 240 children a year die as a…22 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsDisability hate crime has increased more than fourfold since 2011, and that is not even the real level of hate crime and abuse that disabled people have faced. Disabled people…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit FraudI am grateful to the Minister for saying that, where there has been fraudulent activity and claimants have been transferred on to UC, he will consider revoking that. Can he…10 Jul 2019HANSARD Social Security Claimant DeathsThank you so much, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. Let me refresh everybody’s memories following the point of order I raised about this yesterday. I have received a…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Social Security Claimant Deaths( Urgent Question) : To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will make a statement to clarify what documents concerning the peer reviews and coroners’ reports…04 Jul 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On 10 May, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to raise my grave concerns about her Department’s investigation and…03 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the Minister give way?02 Jul 2019HANSARDPoverty: Social Security1. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the adequacy of social security spending in tackling poverty throughout the UK.02 Jul 2019HANSARDPoverty: Social SecuritySome £30 billion of support to working-age people has been cut from the social security budget, and there is more still to come. Eight out of nine disabled people will not benefit…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the hon. Lady kindly cite the evidence to support her statement that welfare reforms have actually led to the increase in employment, because I have evidence to show that…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensionsrose —02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) on her absolutely excellent speech. She set out what social security should be about. It is about the…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI respond to the hon. Gentleman by asking whether it is acceptable that we have the highest level of in-work poverty and that two thirds of the children living in poverty are from…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI could not agree with the hon. Lady more. I am going to carry on with my questions about what we deem acceptable in our country. Is it acceptable that sick and disabled people…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsI think what we are trying to do with this debate is look at where we are now. The hon. Gentleman is right, and we did not get everything wrong, but what we need to do is look at…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and Pensionsrose—02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsThe hon. Gentleman continues to make the assertion that welfare reforms have driven the increase in employment. There is no evidence to support that: the National Audit Office,…02 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for Work and PensionsWill the Minister give way?02 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Working People’s IncomesMy constituent, Amanda, who is a single mum with significant mental health problems, had her UC claim closed—unknown to her—at the beginning of May. She was told by the DWP that…01 Jul 2019