Member of Parliament
Sarah Newton
Member since
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Last spoke
05 Nov 2019
Recent contributions (238)
HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsOn the question about accountability, of course the National Audit Office has undertaken an inquiry into this issue and so has the Public Accounts Committee. There has been a lot…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, but it does not sound as though that particular case relates to what we are discussing today. Clearly anyone who needs support should…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsIf people have not got any money and are destitute in the way that the hon. Gentleman describes, they need to go to their jobcentre and speak to their work coach. They can be…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsLet me reassure the hon. Gentleman and other Members that if anyone makes an assertion to the DWP that in some way the treatment of someone’s benefits contributed to them taking…25 Feb 2019HANSARDEmployment and Support Allowance: UnderpaymentsLet me provide some clarification to the hon. Gentleman. What we are talking about today is people who were underpaid benefits. As they came across from IB on to ESA, they were…25 Feb 2019
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