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

Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) The two-child limit cap and universal credit payment deductions at 25% were wrong. - Speech Link
2: Fleur Anderson (Lab - Putney) The latest universal credit data shows the scale of the damage. - Speech Link
3: Darren Paffey (Lab - Southampton Itchen) More than one in five working-age adults in Southampton are on universal credit. - Speech Link
4: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) People cannot simply sit on universal credit—it is not that easy. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Smith (Con - South West Devon) credit—the families who earn the same for going to work as their neighbours do on universal credit. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath (Lab - Life peer) To give due credit, we are talking about a Government who listen to the evidence and act accordingly, - Speech Link
2: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) would standardise current voluntary safety measures such as the provision of AAIs and provide a universal - Speech Link
3: Lord Mohammed of Tinsley (LD - Life peer) To their credit, the parents of the two young men who were involved came straight to our house when they - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) Whether a tool improves learning is not a universal yes or no question, and it cannot be certified in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Child Poverty: Faith-based and Voluntary Sector Organisations - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) The Timms review has been co-produced with people from disabled organisations, the universal credit review - Speech Link
2: Lord Laming (XB - Life peer) My Lords, the Government deserve credit for developing a strategy to tackle child poverty, but does the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Two-child Benefit Cap: Foreign-born Children - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Parents who are foreign nationals can access universal credit only with a valid immigration status of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Con - Life peer) credit have both parents working, and 41% of families have no one working. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) If they are entitled to universal credit, they are expected to work. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) Their job is their contribution, and that should be the credit. - Speech Link
2: Mike Tapp (Lab - Dover and Deal) What I can say is that around 15% of people on universal credit are not British nationals. - Speech Link
3: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) The Minister said that 15% of those on universal credit are non-nationals, but looking at the UK population - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) Over the next three years, 1 million young people on universal credit across the country will benefit - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) relating to the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill.Tuesday 3 February—Second Reading of the Universal - Speech Link
2: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) Responsibility numbers and includes the Government’s U-turns on personal independence payments, universal - 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) Historically, the winter fuel payment has been near universal for pensioners over state pension age. - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) which was to remove the winter fuel payment from all pensioners except those in receipt of pensioner credit - Speech Link


Written Statements
Jobs Guarantee - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) guarantee.The jobs guarantee will provide every eligible 18 to 21-year-old who has been claiming universal - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: None a maintained school or pupil referral unit in England,(b) they or their parent is in receipt of universal - Speech Link
2: None As we have already discussed, that includes removing the two-child limit on universal credit. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) This amendment, therefore, is based on not just one mother’s concern but a universal concern for all - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) see whether there is a case, at this point, for universal MAT inspection alongside school inspection - Speech Link