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HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillJoining up work and health support is essential. I have been to visit some of the projects in place, and they are making a really big difference. We are building on that with…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThat is what they call chutzpah, seeing as Conservative Members put an extra 900,000 children into poverty. This Government are determined to tackle child poverty and will take…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillLet me make some progress. I do not believe that this is sustainable if we want a welfare state for generations to come that protects people who most need our help. There is…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI will make a tiny bit of progress, and then I will give way. As I set out to the House yesterday, we have listened carefully to concerns that there would not be enough employment…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. This Bill and our wider welfare reforms seek to fix the broken benefits system that we inherited from the Conservatives and…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that those figures do not take into account the employment impact from the investment we are putting in. We have produced extremely clear…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillLet me say a bit more, because many hon. Friends raised these issues, including yesterday. We believe that protecting existing claimants, while ensuring that new PIP awards are…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI can absolutely reassure my hon. Friend about that. Many hon. Members have asked for precise details about how this process will work, and it is extremely important for us—we are…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI will make progress on this point. No existing PIP claimant will be affected by changes in the Bill. They will also be reassessed under the existing rules whenever they have an…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. I will come on to say a little more about that in a moment. The review will be co-produced with disabled people, their…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillThe hon. Gentleman raises a very important point. Members have asked whether people with fluctuating conditions will meet the severe conditions criteria, which are for those with…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI gently remind the right hon. Lady that her own party had different rules and different rates for people on existing benefits compared with those on new benefits. That is…01 Jul 2025HANSARDUniversal Credit and Personal Independence Payment BillI will come on to this point in a moment, but the purpose of the PIP review is to have a wider look at the assessment. It has not been looked at for over a decade since it came…01 Jul 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI know that the hon. Gentleman cares passionately about these issues. He raises the urgent need to ensure that our NHS is back on its feet. We are beginning to make a difference,…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI thank my hon. Friend for her question, and I look forward to giving evidence to the Select Committee about our overall proposals. The Bill brings forward a four-point…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformOur new jobs and careers service applies in all parts of the UK—including Scotland—to help get more people back into work with personalised support. The spending review has…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI am in listening mode, and I listened carefully to what the hon. Lady said: once again, her strategy seems to be to rail against the problems that she and her party created. She…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI repeat to the hon. Gentleman that it is common through the benefit system to protect existing claimants from new rules and rates. I also say to him that we are putting billions…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI absolutely believe that we have to reset the system. We have to make sure that everybody who can work gets the opportunity to do so and the support they need. That is precisely…30 Jun 2025HANSARDWelfare ReformI can indeed confirm that we have complied with all our legal requirements.30 Jun 2025