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HANSARDSocial Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019My Lords, the Minister has touched on the Opposition’s policy for work in previous debates. How would she respond to the executive summary of a White Paper produced when we were…05 Mar 2019HANSARDSocial Security Coordination (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and Council Regulation (EC) No 859/2003) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. As we have heard, they seek to address deficiencies in retained law caused by the UK withdrawing from the EU.…05 Mar 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance PaymentsMy Lords, the Minister explained that the number of staff included in this exercise has increased from 400 to 1,200. Can she tell us from where those staff have been deployed and…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRetirement Age: WomenMy Lords, the Government have stated that they are committed to supporting people aged 50 and over to remain in or return to work, which is in part in mitigation of the changes to…20 Feb 2019HANSARDGuaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2019My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining the purpose of the orders. On the face of it, the GMP issue is straightforward. As we heard, GMPs are designed to provide a minimum…14 Feb 2019 Bills sponsored (7)