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HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingMy Lords, the Secretary of State is required to review the rates of the state pension and benefits every year. The Secretary of State will announce the outcome of her review to…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingAgain, as I stand here, I cannot give my noble friend an exact answer, but I will go back and come back to my noble friend in writing.10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI thank the noble Baroness. Yes, we engage regularly with the devolved Administrations. She has probably worked out that I come from a devolved Administration. I am very aware of…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, for that question. I appreciate her point. Again, it is something I will reiterate when I get back to the department.10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI thank the noble Baroness for that. It is something I will take back to the department.10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingAs I said—I am sorry, I have to repeat it—we are committed to supporting disabled people, which is why we have recently paid £150 to 6 million disabled people. As I said, for…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI thank the noble Lord for his question. The Government have made a commitment in principle to the triple lock for new and basic state pensions. It is therefore a matter of fact…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI am very grateful for the noble Baroness’s welcome to the Front Bench. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has a legal duty to review the…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI am grateful for that question. We are committed to supporting disabled people, which is why we recently paid £150 to 6 million disabled people. For additional needs disability…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingI take the noble Baroness’s point but can only repeat that we have to wait to see what the CPI is. The Government will make an announcement at the appropriate time.10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingThe noble Lord makes a good point, but we will have to wait to see what the indices indicate at a future date before 25 November.10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingWe have targeted additional support directly at those most in need, with a £650 cost of living payment coming in two instalments this year, in addition to the £400 energy rebate…10 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Security Payments: UpratingThe noble Lord will know that the Government are currently considering that very point. I am sure that we will have an answer for him in due course.10 Oct 2022HANSARDChild Vulnerability (Public Services Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley. It was a genuine pleasure to serve on this committee during this inquiry, and I pay tribute to my…11 Jul 2022HANSARDCrime, Reoffending and RehabilitationMy Lords, it is a pleasure, as always, to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. I thank my noble friend Lord Farmer for bringing this matter to the Chamber today and for…30 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, this is a fascinating and enjoyable debate, much of it concentrating on constitutional matters, but I would like to speak a little on policing. I was very pleased to see…12 May 2022HANSARDDaniel Morgan Independent Panel ReportMy Lords, I spent 32 years as a CID officer in the Metropolitan Police as a crime investigator and a crime manager. Many of those years were spent on the counterterrorism command,…24 Mar 2022HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Policing, Law Enforcement and Security (EUC Report)My Lords, I begin by congratulating the committee on producing such a detailed and operationally relevant report that highlights the essential areas of operational policing,…11 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this debate and to follow the noble Lord, Lord St John of Bletso. I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sedwill, on his thoughtful and…25 Feb 2022HANSARDTransport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services Licence Modification Appeals) (Prescribed Aerodromes) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for raising this aspect of air traffic services, and it is a pleasure to follow him. I should perhaps draw attention…25 Jan 2022