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Lords Chamber
Economy Update - Thu 26 May 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None The Work and Pensions Secretary is moving half a million jobseekers off welfare and into work and doing - Speech Link
2: None And crucially, with our new investment allowance, we are nearly doubling the overall investment relief - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) We had previous cuts in the universal taper rate and an increase in the work allowance, and of course - Speech Link
4: Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (CON - Life peer) During the Covid lockdown, when there was the furlough scheme and many employers kept people in employment - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Achieving Economic Growth - Wed 18 May 2022
Department for Exiting the European Union

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) It is through wellbeing and fair work that we can deliver higher rates of employment and wage growth, - Speech Link
2: Harriett Baldwin (CON - West Worcestershire) think I am right in saying that it is the first time the number of vacancies has exceeded the number of jobseekers - Speech Link
3: Sarah Olney (LDEM - Richmond Park) support not just our small and medium-sized businesses, but all the organisations that support employment - Speech Link
4: Yasmin Qureshi (LAB - Bolton South East) credit allowance should be increased. - Speech Link
5: Anthony Browne (CON - South Cambridgeshire) , and I fully support that. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 17 May 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) The Government said they would prioritise closing the gap in pay, employment and productivity, yet since - Speech Link
2: Lucy Frazer (CON - South East Cambridgeshire) For small businesses, we also increased the employment allowance by £1,000. - Speech Link
3: Simon Clarke (CON - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) we moved millions of jobseekers into work and supported young people through programmes such as kickstart - Speech Link
4: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) cut to employment taxes, extending the annual investment allowance limit, reducing business rates and - Speech Link
5: Simon Clarke (CON - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) allowance and on business rates, which is precisely designed to help businesses succeed in what is obviously - Speech Link


General Committees
Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements @0017 Limitations (Amendment) Regulations 2022 - Wed 20 Apr 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements – limitations) (Amendment) Regulations - Speech Link
2: None Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements – limitations) (Amendment) Regulations - Speech Link
3: Alison McGovern (LAB - Wirral South) Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work Availability Requirements – limitations) (Amendment) Regulations - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) The effects of the regulations will be that jobseekers with a strong work history and who are capable - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) closely with partners to provide a wide range of support for local jobseekers, including with South - Speech Link
2: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) , including contracted employment support, Access to Work, Disability Confident, and initiatives in partnership - Speech Link
3: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) that people with MS receive to get into and remain in employment, and to leave employment. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) To support people to become financially resilient by moving into work and progressing in employment, - Speech Link
5: Christine Jardine (LDEM - Edinburgh West) winter fuel allowance? - Speech Link
6: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) winter fuel allowance? - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living Increases: Pensioners - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (CON - Suffolk Coastal) fund, and I encourage people to approach their local council for support. - Speech Link
2: Jerome Mayhew (CON - Broadland) support Ukraine and stand up to Russian aggression. - Speech Link
3: Wendy Chamberlain (LDEM - North East Fife) Young people who cannot get on to the property ladder, cannot get a mortgage or are in insecure employment - Speech Link
4: Guy Opperman (CON - Hexham) it is right and proper, which I support and really appreciate. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living Increases - Wed 16 Mar 2022
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) the pre-2010 fuel escalator.On housing, the Government are maintaining the increase to local housing allowance - Speech Link
2: Scott Benton (CON - Blackpool South) Work pays, and so getting people into employment so that they can provide for themselves and their family - Speech Link
3: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) Where is this mystical employment Bill? - Speech Link
4: Ben Lake (PC - Ceredigion) employment allowance from £4,000 to £5,000 a year, as advocated by the Federation of Small Businesses.An - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Regional Inequalities: Child Poverty - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) I welcome the Chancellor’s decision to extend the work allowance for those on universal credit, and the - Speech Link
2: Andy McDonald (LAB - Middlesbrough) self-employment, and give all workers day-one rights on the job. - Speech Link
3: Karen Buck (LAB - Westminster North) It will, of course, reflect the £20 uplift to universal credit and the uplift to the local housing allowance - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) Last quarter, there were 14,000 more jobs in the north-east in payroll employment, and 38,000 in the - Speech Link
5: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) plan for jobs is a multibillion-pound initiative that will bring targeted tailored support to jobseekers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cost of Living and Food Insecurity - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) The freeze in the personal tax allowance will cost £78 and petrol will be up £250 a year, with real wages - Speech Link
2: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) support to the most vulnerable and low-income households, we can do the most good. - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) We have 1.2 million vacancies to fill, and our message to jobseekers is clear: we will support you to - Speech Link
4: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) Employment law, minimum wage legislation, banning exploitative zero-hours contracts, banning fire and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mims Davies (CON - Mid Sussex) organisations and produce the “Menopause and Employment” report. - Speech Link
2: Simon Fell (CON - Barrow and Furness) What support her Department is providing to young jobseekers. - Speech Link
3: Marsha De Cordova (LAB - Battersea) support allowance and personal independence payment; face long delays before a decision is made; and - Speech Link
4: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) and support allowance. - Speech Link