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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


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) credit for those who need support. - Speech Link
3: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Plaid Cymru’s universal childcare offer would be a game changer. - Speech Link
4: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) However, since 2017, local police numbers in Glasgow have fallen by 9%, leaving 214 fewer local officers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Women’s Health Strategy - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) entering Government, the Secretary of State said that one of his first jobs would be to establish universal - Speech Link
2: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Lady’s remarks, so thanks for that.In launching what we call a “renewed strategy” we have given credit - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Dr Ahmed), to look at how clinical pathways can be streamlined - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) On an issue where there is universal acceptance of the need to do more, we should ensure that there are - Speech Link
2: Melanie Onn (Lab - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes) Just last month, we saw national rail infrastructure damaged as a result of a vape shop fire in Glasgow - Speech Link
3: John Milne (LD - Horsham) In my own area, I give credit to Horsham district council for working constructively with farmers to - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Middle East: Economic Update - Tue 24 Mar 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) failed to mention was the fact that the present Prime Minister was then urging for support to be universal - Speech Link
2: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) I argue that the progressive, universal approach that we are taking is the right one. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Hunt (Con - Godalming and Ash) I actually rise to support her basic instinct, which is for targeted rather than universal support. - Speech Link
4: Rachel Reeves (Lab - Leeds West and Pudsey) The two-child limit for universal credit will be lifted from next week, and food banks have said that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 20 Mar 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) That is equivalent to the population of a city such as Cardiff or Glasgow. - Speech Link
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) I am delighted to hear that, but I can assure the noble Baroness that it is not a universal situation - Speech Link
3: Lord Gove (Con - Life peer) It is to the credit of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer, that he has listened to the concerns - Speech Link
4: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) Speaking to oncologists, he learned that the universal response from all of them was that the key to - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Representation of the People Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) tell you: it would ensure that only“bank cards that are issued subject to a search of a consumer’s credit - Speech Link
2: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) That is universal. It is well received. - Speech Link
3: Samantha Dixon (Lab - Chester North and Neston) interministerial Government meeting late last year, and we had a presentation from the University of Glasgow - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Youth Unemployment - Tue 17 Mar 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) A young person under the age of 25 on the health element of universal credit is now less likely to get - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) He was responsible for a major reform to the welfare system with the introduction of universal credit - Speech Link
3: John Grady (Lab - Glasgow East) Glasgow has many brilliant young people who just want to work. - Speech Link
4: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) I hope that that gives hope to the young people in Glasgow. - 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
3: Martin Rhodes (Lab - Glasgow North) The devastating fire on Union Street in Glasgow has destroyed small businesses and an iconic part of - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Friend for raising that devastating incident for Glasgow. - 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