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Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Nick Smith (Lab - Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney) Does the Leader of the House agree that Ofcom should ensure that Royal Mail meets its universal service - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Treasury measure that by looking at how many people are claiming unemployment benefits, such as universal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pension Schemes Bill
2nd reading - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab - Life peer) former colleagues of the noble Baroness, Lady White, some of whom are here today, they will find universal - Speech Link
2: Viscount Trenchard (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The removal of the dividend tax credit has been estimated to have cost occupational pension schemes over - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We are laying the groundwork for the first major step forward in this area, and I think that some credit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Jobs Market: Wider Economic Implications - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We are creating guaranteed jobs for young people who are long-term unemployed on universal credit, and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Housing Development: Cumulative Impacts - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: John Milne (LD - Horsham) To his credit, the current Minister understands the situation perfectly well. - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) have called for the swift redevelopment of brownfield sites, something that—to give the Minister credit—he - Speech Link
3: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) Gentleman’s Liberal Democrat colleagues also made it, so there is universal acclaim for his claim, but - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) It is not my party’s fault that we do not have universal coverage of local plans. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Free School Meals - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) review period to fully fund our significant expansion of free meals to all households in receipt of universal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Finance (No. 2) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Dec 2025
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) I say on the parliamentary record: all credit to him for his sterling efforts to draw attention to the - Speech Link
2: Sureena Brackenridge (Lab - Wolverhampton North East) expansion of free breakfast clubs for all families and free school meals for children from families on universal - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
No Recourse to Public Funds: Homelessness - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield Hallam) million migrants in the UK are subject to no recourse to public funds, which means no access to universal - Speech Link
2: Olivia Blake (Lab - Sheffield Hallam) A mother who lawfully accessed universal credit after losing her job could be forced on to a 20-year - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
The UK’s Demographic Future - Thu 11 Dec 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Verma (Con - Life peer) When they lifted the two-child cap on universal credit, they managed to say that large families have - Speech Link
2: Lord Frost (Non-affiliated - Life peer) They persisted—credit to them—and now the birth rate is slowly becoming part of the debate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Data Publication and Quality (Immigration, Nationality and Country of Birth)
1st reading - Wed 10 Dec 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) We do not know the immigration status of benefits claimants for benefits other than universal credit, - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Universal Credit: Two-child Limit - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) For example, 47% of households affected by the two-child limit were not claiming universal credit when - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We invested £1.5 billion in employment support; we have reformed Motability and universal credit. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We have invested in expanding free school meals to everyone on universal credit, including those in work - Speech Link