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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Financial Assistance) Bill, followed by Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Universal - Speech Link
2: Paul Waugh (LAB - Rochdale) Both are engineering apprentices and are a great credit to our town and borough. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Healthy Relationships - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Jade Botterill (Lab - Ossett and Denby Dale) strategy, we will work with the Department for Work and Pensions to make it easier for parents to use universal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Hughes Report: Second Anniversary - Wed 11 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Voaden (LD - South Devon) Universal credit and NHS travel support are means-tested, leaving her out of pocket for essential medical - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pensions and Social Security - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Credit Act 2025, which will set new rates for universal credit and income-related employment and support - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) earlier, the Universal Credit Act 2025 included important changes to rebalance universal credit. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) These benefits need rationalising and streamlining within universal credit. - Speech Link
4: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab - Poole) Sadly, universal credit falls short of this. - Speech Link
5: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) credit with more than two children were not on universal credit when they had them. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Place-based Employment Support Programmes - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Ayoub Khan (Ind - Birmingham Perry Barr) wholly agree with that sentiment, but I cannot agree with the Government’s approach of removing universal - Speech Link
2: John Milne (LD - Horsham) Only 15% said support from work coaches is useful, while 55% of universal credit claimants say that claiming - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Credit Act 2025, which will set new rates for universal credit and income-related employment and support - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) There is a long way to go if universal credit is adequately to protect recipients against poverty and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) We are told that the current gap between health-related universal credit payments and the standard allowance - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We introduced the fair repayment rate from April last year, reducing overall universal credit deductions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) The noble and learned Lord ought to give some of us credit for the fact that, whatever we think about - Speech Link
2: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) However, I cannot say that that is universal, so I think we should have some protection—and this seems - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None There are ways in which universal jurisdiction can be applied. - Speech Link
2: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) First, we need to remember that universal jurisdiction is the last resort. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Our approach to universal jurisdiction is designed to ensure that those suspected of, or accused of, - Speech Link
4: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) That is where the gap in universal jurisdiction policy is quite relevant. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I give credit to Kim Johnson MP, who has used her voice in the other place to draw attention to this - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Youth Unemployment - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) the jobs guarantee, which provides six months of paid work for every eligible 18 to 21 year-old on universal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) Financial Assistance) Bill, followed by Committee of the whole House and remaining stages of the Universal - Speech Link
2: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) Ofcom should hold Royal Mail to account on the universal service obligation, yet I have received no response - Speech Link