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Westminster Hall
Postal Services: Rural Areas - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Stuart Anderson (Con - South Shropshire) and it took seven days, although she had paid for a 24-hour tracking service. - Speech Link
2: Steve Yemm (Lab - Mansfield) Government agencies such as the Department for Work and Pensions, banks, hospitals, the police, courts - Speech Link
3: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) essential items were delayed for days or even weeks, and then marked as lost. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) It also missed its target for second-class mail to be delivered within three working days of collection - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Those are sensible measures of access, and it is therefore deeply concerning that the Department for - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Civil Service Pension Scheme: Administration - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lorraine Beavers (Lab - Blackpool North and Fleetwood) Julie has worked for the Department for Work and Pensions for 26 years. - Speech Link
2: Euan Stainbank (Lab - Falkirk) priority work for people who are sitting waiting on their pensions is completed? - Speech Link
3: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) air stations, the Inland Revenue and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. - Speech Link
4: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) 86,000 work in progress cases, which was more than twice the volume planned for and anticipated during - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Lansley (Con - Life peer) are available to the relevant government department for other purposes.I remember the days when I was - Speech Link
2: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) For it to work really well, we need to have properly funded local authorities and a well-funded health - Speech Link
3: None Then the Department for Business and Trade introduced a policy paper called a “licensing policy sprint - Speech Link
4: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) I thank the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for his commitment and for this amendment.Amendments 141 and - Speech Link
5: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) enough pitches for your football and rugby teams, and so on? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - Wed 04 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) But its consequences for working people and for long-term pension saving in particular are serious and - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) People still saved for their pensions and still received good pensions. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) While civil servants’ pensions are protected for life—and, indeed, often for their spouses—the Bill does - Speech Link
4: Lord Ashcombe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The Department for Work and Pensions acknowledged in 2025 that around 14.6 million working-age people - Speech Link
5: Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Con - Life peer) the people who keep this country going.The Department for Work and Pensions estimates that two-fifths - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) Department for Work and Pensions by the Treasury at the time, and the former Conservative Home Secretary - Speech Link
2: Liz Jarvis (LD - Eastleigh) of hardship.The Department for Work and Pensions’ own impact assessment has found that around 50,000 - Speech Link
3: Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) I commend the Secretaries of State for Education and for Work and Pensions for the work they have done - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) that the Department for Work and Pensions did not recommend that it be offered as a solution to families - Speech Link
5: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
6: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Pension Schemes Bill
Committee stage - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Our preferred approach is to work with the sector on strength and guidance for trust-based private pensions - Speech Link
2: None for Work and Pensions to the individual equal to the difference, within a timeframe determined by regulations - Speech Link
3: None It is essential that the Department for Work and Pensions, TPR and the Financial Conduct Authority are - Speech Link
4: None that works for individuals and delivers the sort of pensions that people expect to receive. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 30 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) It is important for the individual and for the state. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Falkner of Margravine (XB - Life peer) R (Blundell) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2021 noted that post-decision equality analysis - Speech Link
3: Lord Harper (Con - Life peer) for Work and Pensions. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hendy (Lab - Life peer) The Health and Safety at Work etc. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) The median survival for patients whose fast-track funding was approved was only 18 days, and a minority - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jessica Toale (Lab - Bournemouth West) set out a shared vision for our town and action points for the future. - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Friend for the innovative work that she and her constituents are doing, and I join her in praising them - Speech Link
3: Tessa Munt (LD - Wells and Mendip Hills) Agency for their work. - Speech Link
4: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) It showed just how strong the appetite is in our town for work, skills and opportunity. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Finance (No. 2) Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 29 Jan 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) The cost of benefits is already published regularly by the Department for Work and Pensions through the - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) That is a recipe for potential confusion and hardship, and it could lead to more calls to HMRC that may - Speech Link
3: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) Members for North West Norfolk and for Maidenhead for their remarks and my hon. - Speech Link
4: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) We will continue to work closely with the sector, colleagues from the Pensions Regulator and the DWP - Speech Link
5: Dan Tomlinson (Lab - Chipping Barnet) to difficulties and additional work for HMRC.The main change made by clause 58 is the removal of the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) I had to go and work on a YTS training scheme in 1988 for £27.50 per week, working 40 hours a week unloading - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) the issues that surround them and their well-being; I thank them all for their hard work and commitment - Speech Link
3: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) exactly how much he was paid: £17 a day for two days and £200 for repeat broadcasts. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) For that commitment and the constructive spirit in which this work will be undertaken and move forward - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) for these complaints to be held in a central database accessible to the Department for Education and - Speech Link