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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 27 Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) If it is someone who has been unemployed and on universal credit for six months, there is the potential - Speech Link
2: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) People claiming universal credit, new style employment support allowance and personal independence payment - Speech Link
3: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Under the Secretary of State’s Government, over a million more people have gone on to universal credit - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) It is the Labour Government who are reforming welfare, including the changes in universal credit this - Speech Link
5: Rupert Lowe (RB - Great Yarmouth) A staggering £10.1 billion of the £61.2 billion spent on universal credit in 2024 was gifted to foreign - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Ninth sitting)
Committee stage: 9th sitting - Thu 23 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) There are mechanisms such as passporting for those on universal credit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Office for National Statistics Labour Market Data - Thu 23 Apr 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) The youth guarantee gateway being rolled out in jobcentres provides 16 to 24 year-olds on universal credit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 Apr 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Mark Sewards (Lab - Leeds South West and Morley) One of my constituents was diagnosed with breast cancer and subsequently received universal credit and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 22 Apr 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Gerald Jones (Lab - Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare) Free school meals for children, our universal credit uplift, and up to £575 more on the state pension - Speech Link
2: Jo Stevens (Lab - Cardiff East) continue, which is why we are helping people into work through new employment programmes and increasing universal - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Plaid Cymru’s universal childcare offer would be a game changer. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Cancer Outcomes in the UK - Tue 21 Apr 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) I quickly pay credit to the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, who has been the most wonderful advocate and leader - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (Con - Life peer) sets out a vision of earlier diagnosis, faster treatment and improved survival—goals that command universal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Middle East: Economic Update - Tue 21 Apr 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) this month, the new state pension increased by up to £575 and we got rid of the two-child limit on universal - Speech Link
2: Robert Jenrick (RUK - Newark) In the end, he decided to put the cost of the fuel on his credit card. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) £3,000 youth jobs guarantee for hiring apprentices aged 18 to 24 who have been out of work and on universal - Speech Link
2: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) year-olds to work and a new £3,000 youth job grant for hiring apprentices aged 18 to 24 who have been on universal - Speech Link


Written Statements
Legacy Benefits: Abolition - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) Completing the implementation of universal credit is critical to that outcome. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Civil Preparedness for War - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Sikka (Lab - Life peer) Some 4.4 million people earn less than the real living wage, and 32% of universal credit claimants are - Speech Link