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Commons Chamber
Heating Oil Support - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Andrew Bowie (Con - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) statement, although I really have to take issue with the Prime Minister’s earlier comments, taking credit - Speech Link
2: Martin McCluskey (Lab - Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West) for people on traditional electricity and gas, whose bills will reduce by 7% in April—that is a universal - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) ensure that take-up is maximised among vulnerable and low-income customers, as is done for pension credit - Speech Link


Written Statements
Youth Employment - Mon 16 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) grant, an employer hiring incentive worth £3,000 per young person aged 18 to 24 who has been on universal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Thu 12 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) So I am delighted to be here today to move Second Reading of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) The assumption would appear to be that if you are on universal credit and have more than two children - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) people under universal credit will be reduced by £215 a month. - Speech Link
4: Lord Babudu (Lab - Life peer) These are routes to universal credit for so many. Who ends up running against the two-child limit? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Rough Sleeping: Families with Children - Wed 11 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool Wavertree) Departments.Do the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury know how hard it is for families on universal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 11 Mar 2026
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester Rusholme) The recent uprating of universal credit will be a great help for children growing up in such households - Speech Link
2: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) abuse, ensuring that coerced debt is reflected accurately and that the severe problem of victims’ credit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 10 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) That is why we have extended free school meals to children in families receiving universal credit and - Speech Link
2: Lucy Rigby (Lab - Northampton North) I have also mentioned the importance of lifting the two-child limit on universal credit, which will result - Speech Link
3: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) I will shortly be organising events in my constituency promoting pension credit take-up. - Speech Link
4: Torsten Bell (Lab - Swansea West) Friend is organising events to drive pension credit take-up, as he did last year. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Olivia Bailey (Lab - Reading West and Mid Berkshire) Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan) set out last year, from September all children in households receiving universal - Speech Link
2: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) The use of universal credit data, which the Government already hold, would make auto-enrolment much easier - Speech Link
3: Lola McEvoy (Lab - Darlington) Young people are much savvier than we give them credit for. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) What assessment he has made of trends in the number of foreign nationals claiming universal credit. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Universal credit is primarily reserved for people settled in the UK. - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) According to the Government’s own figures, most foreign nationals who are claiming universal credit are - Speech Link
4: Andrew Western (Lab - Stretford and Urmston) Gentleman may be unaware that the proportion of foreign nationals claiming universal credit who are in - Speech Link


Written Statements
WaterSure - Mon 09 Mar 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice) household income is below an income threshold of £25,745—the income profile of a representative Universal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 06 Mar 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) Morocco, Nepal and Sri Lanka.Turning to the United Kingdom, I welcome the decision to remove the universal - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brady (Con - Life peer) action: to enforce equal pay at every level; to expand and make affordable, high-quality childcare universal - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) I want to mark how much I admire and credit the work of these sisters over many years.Before running - Speech Link