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HANSARDTimms Review: Interim ReportI am pleased to make this statement in relation to the Timms review of personal independence payment. The Government have today published the interim report on behalf of the…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportOn his final point, as my hon. Friend knows, that proposal was consulted on in the Green Paper last year, and we are looking at that. I think he makes a very good point. I can…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportThe right hon. Gentleman is right about the degree of stress involved in the process. I spoke to somebody at a roundtable in Northern Ireland who told me she had been diagnosed…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportIt is certainly our objective that the dehumanising aspects of the current system—he describes an example very well—should not be a feature of the future system. That is the clear…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportI am grateful to organisations like those that my hon. Friend mentioned—the Trussell Trust and Disability Rights UK—for their support for the interim report. I assure my hon.…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportWe certainly do not want to let any opportunities from the review pass; it is a one-off groundbreaking review, and we want to make the most of it. This morning, I had a good…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportYes, I shall look out for the right hon. Gentleman’s letter and I hope he will receive a reply in short order. He is right that the system needs to work well for people to be…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her help in the discussions and her continuing interest in the review. Criticisms of the way that the current assessment process handles…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportMy hon. Friend is right that we need to ensure that the NHS is delivering on all aspects of its work. There is a big problem with long delays and backlogs in the Access to Work…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportWe are doing quite a lot of work in the Department specifically on assistive technology. In fact, the Secretary of State was at a roundtable recently with representatives of the…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportMy hon. Friend raises an important and interesting point. Yes, I hope that we will be able to come up with a proposal that will entail greater personalisation. At the moment, for…09 Jul 2026HANSARD Timms Review: Interim ReportThe key first step is to complete this review in co-production with disabled people and disabled people’s organisations, and we will be doing that. Then I think it is a question…09 Jul 2026HANSARDCarer’s Allowance Reform: Call for EvidenceThe Government have today launched a Call for Evidence on the modernisation and reform of carer’s allowance. This is available on www.gov.uk and accessible format versions will be…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Employment and TrainingI beg to move, That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2026, which was laid before this House on 1 June, be approved. In…06 Jul 2026HANSARD Employment and TrainingI am grateful to all those who have spoken in the debate for the thoughtful scrutiny they have given to this instrument, and I am grateful for the support expressed by the hon.…06 Jul 2026HANSARDBenefit CapBeing in work is the best way to avoid poverty. The benefit cap gives a modest but significant incentive to start work and then to progress in work. Some people cannot work, so…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit: Care LeaversI would be delighted to have that conversation. I speak regularly to the Minister in Northern Ireland about matters in my portfolio, and I would be happy to cover this matter in…29 Jun 2026HANSARDUniversal Credit: Care LeaversIt is very important that we do not weaken the incentives for care leavers to start work and to progress once they are in work. At the moment, 40% of young care leavers are not in…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf the care leavers are PIP recipients —I think that is probably the case in the example my hon. Friend has given—we are certainly considering that point. If this issue is one…29 Jun 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Member knows, we are working through the cases of those who were required to repay an overpayment over recent years. I am receiving an update every week on the number…29 Jun 2026