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HANSARDWinter Fuel Payment: Pensioner PovertySo the answer is that the Minister does not know. He does not know how many people are waiting for their winter fuel payment. He does not know how many people are stuck in the…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillA strongly held Conservative principle is that public money must not be wasted. We hold this view not because we are mean, but because the Government do not have money of their…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWishful thinking is all very well, but let us talk about the facts. Those 47,000 people probably spent Christmas worrying about how they would pay the bills without a job, and…03 Feb 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, the right hon. Lady described herself as the HR manager for the Government’s growth plan, so can Liz from HR tell me which of her colleagues should be fired for the…03 Feb 2025HANSARD Welfare CapThe welfare cap we are debating today was introduced back in 2014 by the Conservative Chancellor at the time, George Osborne, to hold the Government to account on the cost of our…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Welfare CapAs I am sure the hon. Gentleman heard, I was just acknowledging the fact that the economic inactivity rate started going up in the run-up to and particularly following the…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Welfare CapI will make some progress. In government, we were working flat out to tackle that problem. We were changing how we assess people’s capability for work, recognising that the world…29 Jan 2025HANSARD Welfare CapThe hon. Lady will know—at least I think she will know—that the vast majority of what she set out in the White Paper was the continuation of things we were doing in government. In…29 Jan 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO ReportI thank the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for advance sight of her statement, and I thank the ombudsman and his team for their work on this important matter. In March…17 Dec 2024HANSARDBudget 2024: UnemploymentI think we all heard that loud and clear: Labour has ditched its employment target. That is already another broken Labour promise. However, I feel for the Minister. How can she be…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnfortunately, the right hon. Lady simply will not give a straight answer. She will not tell the House what she knows; she knew that the Government’s choices would push 100,000…16 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsHow many people who should get the winter fuel payment will get it this winter?16 Dec 2024HANSARDBudget 2024: UnemploymentIn the run-up to the election, Labour clearly committed to an employment rate target of 80%, but in the past few weeks I have noticed a shift in language from “target” to…16 Dec 2024HANSARDDisability History MonthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on securing this debate during Disability History Month. As…12 Dec 2024HANSARD Cleve Hill Solar ParkThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. The issue is clearly of great concern to my constituents in the village of Graveney and the nearby town of Faversham, who are living…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Cleve Hill Solar ParkThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which I will address in a moment. First, I want to talk about safety, because the safety of the large-scale battery installation is…10 Dec 2024HANSARD Cleve Hill Solar ParkI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of Cleve Hill Solar Park on communities in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency. For centuries, the view from Graveney…10 Dec 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of her statement. The Conservatives are the party of work and aspiration— [ Interruption. ] In the decade after we took over from…26 Nov 2024HANSARD“Get Britain Working” White PaperIn the decade after we took over from Labour, we drove down unemployment and economic inactivity year after year, including youth unemployment, which went down by 400,000 after…26 Nov 2024HANSARD Social Security Advisory Committee: Winter Fuel PaymentThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. This Government made a choice to take away the winter fuel payment from 10 million pensioners this winter and to rely on…12 Nov 2024