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Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Fifth sitting) - Thu 26 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) I believe in a universal approach, and that is clearly what the Government are not pursuing. - Speech Link
2: None file conducted in connection the issuance of the bank card, which is recorded on the individual’s credit - Speech Link
3: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) concerns are heightened by the Government’s indication that pre-paid cards, which do not require credit - Speech Link
4: None I turn to amendment 30, which would amend clause 47 so that only bank cards issued following a credit - Speech Link


Written Statements
Incomes and Living Standards: Statistics Release - Thu 26 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham) credit from April 2025, allowing 1.2 million of the poorest households to retain more of their award.From - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 26 Mar 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Richard Holden (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Is this lack of a plan why the Secretary of State has been reduced to trying to claim credit for the - Speech Link
2: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) The scourge of potholes is pretty universal, but will the Minister join me in encouraging all my Spelthorne - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Defence - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Bernard Jenkin (Con - Harwich and North Essex) two-child benefit cap, and do not uprate the tapers to protect the better-off who are receiving universal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Youth Unemployment - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None A young person under the age of 25 on the health element of universal credit is now less likely to get - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) This Government changed the incentives so that, in future, people coming on to the universal credit health - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Some of the specific elements of the programme are for those who are on universal credit, either for - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) In fact, I was shocked to find that 44% of the young people we are talking about are not on universal - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) I cannot claim to do those clauses credit in the way the Minister has. - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) provide reassurance that she will ensure that local authorities across the country will follow a universal - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) of this; it is more about somebody getting themselves on the electoral register and applying for a credit - Speech Link
4: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) The way in which the automatic registration pilots will go ahead is just not universal. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Since the adoption of universal suffrage, taxation has never been the basis for enfranchisement in the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Middle East: Economic Update - Tue 24 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) failed to mention was the fact that the present Prime Minister was then urging for support to be universal - Speech Link
2: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) I argue that the progressive, universal approach that we are taking is the right one. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Hunt (Con - Godalming and Ash) I actually rise to support her basic instinct, which is for targeted rather than universal support. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) The two-child limit for universal credit will be lifted from next week, and food banks have said that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pension Schemes Bill
Report stage - Mon 23 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) wants come into place.I will not dwell on Amendment 163 from the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, about universal - Speech Link
2: None The Government, to their credit, have taken steps to help them and I pay tribute to that. - Speech Link
3: None future benefits) includes money purchase benefits, and(b) references to a right include a pension credit - Speech Link
4: None future benefits) include money purchase benefits, and(b) references to a right include a pension credit - Speech Link
5: None occupational pension scheme ” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993;“pension credit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 20 Mar 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) I am delighted to hear that, but I can assure the noble Baroness that it is not a universal situation - Speech Link
2: Lord Gove (Con - Life peer) It is to the credit of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that he has listened to the concerns - Speech Link
3: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Speaking to oncologists, he learned that the universal response from all of them was that the key to - Speech Link