Member of Parliament
Lord Sharma
Member since
20 Aug 2024
Bills sponsored
3
Speeches (30d)
2
Speeches (all)
991
Written questions
1
Last spoke
14 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (991)
HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI have a lot of respect for the hon. Gentleman, and I am sorry that we are ending this urgent question on a discordant note, but respectfully, I do not agree that we have not…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI am very happy to talk to the hon. Gentleman about this. I assume that he refers to the run-on of the DWP legacy benefits from 2020, and of course this will apply to claimants on…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationWithout knowing the individual cases the hon. Gentleman raises I cannot comment in any detail— [Interruption.] I have been asked to answer on policy, and that is precisely what I…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationThe assessment period is five weeks. We of course did away with the seven-day waiting period that was in place previously, and of course 100% advances are available on day one if…08 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal Credit: Managed MigrationI would like to think that I have a good working relationship with my opposite number in the Scottish Government and of course we will continue to work with them on a range of…08 Jan 2019
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