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HANSARDLegacy Benefits: Universal CreditWhat assessment he has made of the economic effect of increasing legacy benefits by £20 per week in line with the recent increase to the standard universal credit allowance.01 Dec 2020HANSARDBenefit Cap: Families with ChildrenThe number of households affected by the cap has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, to 170,000. In addition, 160,000 households will come to the end of their…30 Nov 2020HANSARDScheduled Mass Deportation: JamaicaThe Minister is making it clear that he and his Department find it irksome having to comply with the current requirements of the law. Thank goodness they do, because the law is…30 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Outbreak: DWP ResponseI beg to move, That this House notes the First Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, “DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak”, HC 178; and calls on the Government to…26 Nov 2020HANSARD Official Development AssistanceThe Churches played the key role in the 20-year cross-party consensus on aid, and I pay tribute to their achievement since Jubilee 2000 and Make Poverty History. We all realised…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCoronavirus Outbreak: DWP ResponseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks. Does he think the staff should get a pay rise?26 Nov 2020HANSARD Leaseholders and CladdingWill the Minister set out much more clearly the criteria for the much-needed grant funding? Residents at Waterside Park in my constituency are worried that their management…24 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsKenyan Government pensions in respect of service often decades ago have not been paid since early last year. A cross-party group with constituents affected has just written to the…24 Nov 2020HANSARD Covid-19: Funding for Local AuthoritiesLocal authorities all over the country are the frontline in this public health crisis. As a recent all-party parliamentary group on faith and society report shows, councils have…24 Nov 2020HANSARDOnline HarmsI want to raise just two points: first, the current epidemic of online frauds; and, secondly, the online sale of the illegal weapons used on our streets in gang violence. First,…19 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]On his point about the shared intent, I quoted in my speech what Baroness Buscombe said in the other place on 1 May 2018. She was speaking, I think, for him. She said: “We all…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I am very grateful to the Minister for that assurance, and I look forward to monthly publication resuming. To answer my hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Ms Eagle), who I am…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]That is welcome. We agree, then, that taking up Pension Wise guidance should be the norm, and I look forward to working with him on making that a reality from the very distant…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I echo the thanks that have been expressed by all three Front-Bench spokespeople. I welcome the content of the Bill and the progress made on collective defined-contribution…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]Will the hon. Gentleman give way?16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I welcome the debate we have had on this set of new clauses and amendments, and I welcome many of the things that the Minister said. On new clause 1, I am not sure whether he does…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]I am grateful for the assurances that the Minister has given. One of the problems is that the responsibility for responding to scams cuts across many different bodies. The court…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]The great strength of the Pension Wise approach is in providing appointments that deliver guidance to a very large number of people. The issue that the hon. Gentleman talks about…16 Nov 2020HANSARDPension Schemes Bill [Lords]The proposal in new clause 1 is that people should be auto-enrolled into an appointment—that everyone should be given an appointment. That would have the effect, I believe and…16 Nov 2020