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HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and I agree. The 35-day delay leads to destitution and despair. There is no acceptable rationale for making people wait that long…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsWill the Minister give way?07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I will come to those points later in my speech, but he is right; this cannot be ignored any longer. In principle, universal credit…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsMy hon. Friend points to a worrying analogy, and I do of course agree. Professor Alston’s statement confirms what many Labour Members have known for a very long time—that when it…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsI thank the House for allowing me to hold this debate this evening on the statement by the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsDoes the Minister agree with Professor Alston’s assessment that, because the Government use four different measures of poverty, they can essentially say what they want about the…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsMy hon. Friend is right. I used to be proud to live in a country where people, when in need through no fault of their own, were able to receive help from the welfare state in…07 Jan 2019HANSARD UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human RightsI agree that that would be a welcome way forward. Those stories I have mentioned are not the exception but the norm, so it is little wonder that in 2017 the UN concluded that the…07 Jan 2019