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HANSARDDisability Living AllowanceAgain, the hon. Gentleman is right to call for improvements. We want to see improvements in assessments, and he is probably well aware that we will shortly be publishing a Green…17 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleWe will be reforming the current broken system of health and disability benefits. We will bring forward a Green Paper with proper plans very soon, setting out how we will help…17 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That balance will be at the heart of the Green Paper that we are bringing forward. We will deliver proper employment support for disabled…17 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleI am concerned about the level of anxiety and speculation that has been around over recent weeks. I am sad that that has happened and that people have been concerned, but the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleI can confirm to my hon. Friend that we will produce a full impact assessment in due course.17 Mar 2025HANSARDBenefit Reforms: Disabled PeopleI remember extremely well when the right hon. Lady was a Minister in the Department—it was very striking how the disability employment gap, which had been falling up until 2010,…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs we have already made clear today, we are absolutely determined to protect those who need to be protected in the proposals we are bringing forward. I think the hon. Lady will…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend sets out exactly the balance that we need to strike with our plan: proper employment support on the one hand, which has not been available in the past, and dealing…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI give my hon. Friend a firm assurance that not only have we been listening, but we shall continue to listen once the proposals have been published.17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I recognise that there has been a good deal of anxiety, and I regret that. But there will not be long to wait. The proposals will soon become clear. The hon. Lady will…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome my hon. Friend’s interest in this subject, which she and I have met to discuss. She is absolutely right: there should be no barriers to young people and their families…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are determined to provide proper support, which existed in the past, but disappeared after 2010. We want to provide that support again…17 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right. Our manifesto has a firm commitment that the views and voices of disabled people should be at the heart of everything that we do. Over the past week I…17 Mar 2025HANSARDDraft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the support across the Committee for the regulations. Let me have a go at answering the questions that the shadow Minister raised. I do not think we have a…12 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.12 Feb 2025HANSARDDraft Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers’ Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I am delighted to be serving under your chairmanship for the first time this afternoon, Sir Jeremy. This debate, which happens every year, gives us a good opportunity to consider…12 Feb 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeI can reassure my hon. Friend that we have been elected on a manifesto of change, and change is we what will deliver. We have been working hard on Grangemouth. On the question of…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeThe Government have made and published their decision. We accepted the ombudsman’s finding of maladministration and apologised for the delay in writing to the women affected. We…05 Feb 2025HANSARDWomen’s State Pension AgeWe are going to work with the ombudsman to make sure that this never happens again. A detailed report will be published, and we are committed to making sure that in future,…05 Feb 2025HANSARDSocial Security BenefitsWith the leave of the House, I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. There have been some helpful contributions on important issues. I am grateful for the support…04 Feb 2025