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HANSARD Workplace Deaths: ScotlandWe are already world-leading, and the new Prime Minister will continue everything that is great about this country. I am sure that he will take particular interest in how we are…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Workplace Deaths: ScotlandMy hon. Friend makes a typically constructive suggestion. As these terrible incidents happen, lessons are learned and shared and best practice is promoted. That is exactly the…24 Jul 2019HANSARD Workplace Deaths: ScotlandIt is absolutely clear that we must have that three-way approach through the Health and Safety Executive, workers and businesses to ensure that we are in the best place to…24 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI understand the thrust of the hon. Lady’s point, and I know that she works hard in this area. As I have said, our collective understanding is getting better, and we are working…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI would be happy to look at that specific case. On the broader point of supporting people transitioning from prison back into society, I pay tribute to the Under-Secretary of…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingWe have made a real commitment, and we work closely with stakeholders representing a huge variety of disability and health conditions, empowering them to challenge, to make…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingThe hon. Lady refers to the mental health estimates, which were done before the final guidance was implemented. We have consulted with Mind and other key stakeholders on the…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI have gone from being the Secretary of State to potentially not having a job in the next couple of days in the space of one question, but I will look at that letter carefully. I…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingAs I have set out, we will be looking carefully at the judgment, but the hon. Gentleman highlights something. As constituency MPs, we all have cases in which it is clear that,…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI thank the hon. Gentleman for elevating me to Secretary of State. I am just a Minister of State, but he is very kind. To be clear, 33% of people with a mental health condition…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI thank the hon. Lady for her question. The key thing is that we will continue to engage with stakeholders and disabled people and be held to account by the Select Committee on…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingThe Supreme Court has ruled on the case of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v. MM, which is known as MM. The case was about the definition of “social support” when…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI thank my hon. Friend, who did so much in this role before me and is widely respected across the House. She is right to highlight how much more is done in terms of training. I am…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. I pay tribute to him, because through his constituency work and as a valued member of the Select Committee on Work and Pensions, he…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingTo repeat: we do welcome the judgment. It was the Government who referred this matter to the Supreme Court to get clarity. Across society, there is a deeper understanding of…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingMy right hon. Friend raises the really powerful point that we collectively need to do more to support claimants with mental health conditions. This is why we now have mental…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingWe must consider the detail of the judgment and how it needs to be implemented before we can estimate how many people will be affected, but we will look back at cases. We are…23 Jul 2019HANSARDPersonal Independence Payments: Supreme Court RulingI remind the hon. Lady that the Government took this case to the Supreme Court because we wanted to get clarity on this important issue. I also remind her that, under DLA, only 6%…23 Jul 2019HANSARDHealth-related Job LossI would like to make the following statement on behalf of myself and the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jackie…15 Jul 2019HANSARD Universal Credit FraudBut the hon. Gentleman would then have the problem of the legacy benefits: at the end of the claim, as someone moved into work, they would not have the run-on of financial…10 Jul 2019