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HANSARDUniversal Credit: Self-employmentAs I highlighted in my earlier answer, we have made a change to the minimum income floor. The grace period will be extended to one year for all people coming in who are gainfully…07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit: Self-employmentUniversal credit supports self-employed people to develop and grow their businesses where doing so is the best route for them to become financially self-sufficient. We recently…07 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to look at the individual case that the hon. Lady raises, but I would point out that £2.4 billion was unclaimed under the legacy benefit system, and that is changing…07 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for the enormous amount of work that he does in supporting employers so that they can create jobs. He is right. We need to make sure that the jobs market is…07 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs my hon. Friend will know, we now have a new partnership with Citizens Advice to deliver universal credit support, and his constituency is part of the early mobilisation of that…07 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have previously published an equalities assessment and, as we have noted, we will do the same ahead of the full roll-out of managed migration.07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit Roll-outThe Secretary of State has set out the position very clearly. Of course we will be bringing forward any potential new regulations. The hon. Gentleman and his colleagues talk a lot…07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit Roll-outThe Secretary of State has already outlined the visits that she has made, and I know that she is going to make many more. What my hon. Friend describes is something that I also…07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit Roll-outMy hon. Friend has huge experience of the housing sector of course, and I thank him for the work he does in his constituency; I have been to visit him. The landlord portal has now…07 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am always happy to meet the hon. Lady to talk about these issues. As she will know, the changes we introduced in the Budget mean that work allowances are going up by £1,000…07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit Roll-outI would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss the matter.07 Jan 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit Roll-outI am very sorry to hear about the distress the hon. Gentleman’s constituent is undergoing, and I thank the hon. Gentleman for his regular engagement with the jobcentre in his…07 Jan 2019