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Public Bill Committees
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting) - Tue 29 Nov 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None subsection (1D) and may define each class by reference to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 or the Universal - Speech Link
2: Siobhain McDonagh (LAB - Mitcham and Morden) It accesses people’s universal credit accounts and takes their money. - Speech Link
3: Dehenna Davison (CON - Bishop Auckland) If the ombudsman’s investigation finds instances of maladministration on the part of the landlord, the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
State Pension Triple Lock - Tue 08 Nov 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) Today’s debate is about the triple lock, but we do agree that payments such as universal credit should - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) Food insecurity among universal credit claimants fell from 43% in 2019-20 to 27% in 2020-21, reflecting - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) We certainly must not fail to uprate social security, universal credit and pensions in line with inflation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Dan Carden (LAB - Liverpool, Walton) The current high rate of universal credit sanctions is unprecedented. - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (LAB - East Ham) What assessment he has made of the impact of the level of universal credit on food insecurity. - Speech Link
3: Mel Stride (CON - Central Devon) Gentleman will know, universal credit is but one factor in addressing food insecurity. - Speech Link
4: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) If he will review the calculation of the housing element of universal credit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]
Report stage - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pinnock (LDEM - Life peer) That will put a huge strain on household finances.Now that the Government have pulled the universal support - Speech Link
2: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) published a list of 18 social landlords against which the Housing Ombudsman had made findings of severe maladministration - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sanderson of Welton (CON - Life peer) Secretary of State for the time and effort they have put into this and other issues; they should be given credit - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) This Bill is a credit to them. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools Bill [HL]
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: None Our children desperately need help and extending free school meals to all universal credit households - Speech Link
2: None When universal credit was introduced, the Government promised that parents and families would be better - Speech Link
3: None credit is rolled out. - Speech Link
4: None Extending free school meals to all families on universal credit would carry a significant financial cost - Speech Link
5: None all children whose parents are in receipt of universal credit, and places a duty on the Secretary of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Standards of Behaviour and Honesty in Political Life - Thu 23 Jun 2022
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Desai (Non-affiliated - Life peer) For example, they reneged on the triple lock and left pensioners suffering last year; they took away universal - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (LAB - Life peer) underlying case appeared trivial but the subsequent public inquiry exposed a catalogue of ineptitude and maladministration - Speech Link
3: Lord True (CON - Life peer) Lord, Lord Morse, for moving the Motion on this important topic, which I believe should be a topic of universal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Tackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living Increases - Tue 17 May 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) Gentleman supports universal credit. - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (CON - Richmond (Yorks)) universal credit taper by the biggest amount ever. - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (CON - Penistone and Stocksbridge) In particular, I think we should urgently review universal credit rates. - Speech Link
4: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) Let us see the £20 of universal credit returned to people. - Speech Link
5: Jonathan Ashworth (LAB - Leicester South) Instead of helping people on universal credit, he legislated to cut universal credit in real terms—a - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 24 Mar 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Owen Thompson (SNP - Midlothian) Ombudsman confirmed the WASPI women’s claim that the Department for Work and Pensions was guilty of maladministration - Speech Link
2: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) In previous Budgets, he set out a reduction in the taper levels for universal credit, so people retain - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) series of Chancellors of the Exchequer have done battle with him on it, and I think he should take some credit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Social Security and Pensions - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Our welfare system, particularly universal credit, has proved agile. - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Unpaid carers also have access to support through universal credit, pension credit and housing benefit - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (LAB - Middlesbrough) Universal credit was uplifted in response to the covid crisis. - Speech Link
4: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) It is not just universal credit that needs fixing. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Levelling Up - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Tommy Sheppard (SNP - Edinburgh East) inequality in Britain, yet everything this Government do seems to make it worse: the decision to cut universal - Speech Link
2: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) The mission that he led in Birmingham to ensure that universal education was extended even to the poorest - Speech Link
3: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Sadly, the Labour Administration of Durham County Council were responsible for significant maladministration - Speech Link
4: Michael Gove (CON - Surrey Heath) Friend the Transport Secretary who deserves all the credit. - Speech Link