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HANSARD Universal CreditI know that we have had this exchange before, and I am sorry if the right hon. Gentleman feels that I repeat myself. Of course it is important that we get money in people’s…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditMy hon. Friend highlights an important point. I was at the launch of the Resolution Foundation report this morning, which highlighted precisely the point she has raised. I…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditMay I suggest that if the hon. Lady has time she and I should talk directly to colleagues in the jobcentre in her area? Let us have a discussion with them and see how we can…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditThe policies we have put in place since 2010 are working; we can see that in the jobs figures. When we came to power in 2010, some 1.4 million people in the country had been on…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditWe will of course respond on the High Court ruling. I am pleased the hon. Lady raised the point about what sort of jobs have been created: just to put it on the record—these are…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI am pleased that my hon. Friend feels that we were able to react in a matter of hours to the recommendations of the Select Committee. I think he is talking about a process of…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditUniversal credit has now rolled out across the country, as the hon. Gentleman will be aware, and we will of course continue to proceed with it. He is right to say that we need to…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditMy hon. Friend is right to say that there will be more money in the system. I should point out that, under the legacy benefits system, there is £2.4 billion of unclaimed benefits.…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI am not going to apologise for repeating that the reason we made so many difficult decisions when we first came into office and in subsequent years was the record deficit left by…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditLet me repeat this once more. The judgment to which the hon. Lady refers came out on Friday and we are going to have to consider it carefully. We will respond in due course.14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI hope we have shown over the past couple of years that we do listen and that we do make changes. Of course we will continue to do so where that is appropriate.14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI am sorry that the hon. Lady feels unable to welcome the changes. The previous two Budgets have included additional support and, as I just said in answer to my hon. Friend the…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditMy hon. Friend makes an important point, because several of the other issues announced by the Secretary of State relate to looking at more frequent direct payments to private…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditThe hon. Gentleman is right that the policy will support 15,000 families, but we anticipate that 77,000 families and 113,000 children will benefit over a five-year period. It is…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI think the hon. and learned Lady will find that universal credit has already rolled out in her local area, because the last roll-outs were in December. In terms of providing…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditA clear set of criteria determines whether someone can claim universal credit. If the hon. Lady has a specific case or specific sets of cases, she should come to discuss those…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditThe hon. Gentleman and I have discussed universal credit before and, as I have said, my door is always open. If he has specific cases, I will be happy to review them.14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditWe have listened. In November, I spoke to the hon. Lady and other colleagues about the policy, and we have changed its retrospective nature. However, I point out that the overall…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditPayment to a single person in a household is not a unique feature of universal credit, and such payment also exists in the legacy benefits system. The hon. Lady is right that,…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditI am sorry that the hon. Lady is so unhappy. I would have thought that she should be welcoming all the positive changes we have been making. Indeed, the Secretary of State was…14 Jan 2019