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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Stephenson (Con - Pendle) includes restricting the placements of less healthy products in shops and online, calorie labelling on food - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) she accept the overwhelming evidence that current levels of ill health reflect 14 years of escalating poverty - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) points out, almost two thirds of those living in destitution live with a chronic health condition or a disability - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Carer’s Allowance - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (LAB - Neath) Many are forced to make impossible choices between putting food on the table and accessing services. - Speech Link
2: Cat Smith (Lab - Lancaster and Fleetwood) Is she aware, as I am from my constituents, that the cost of living crisis and things such as food prices - Speech Link
3: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) that carer’s allowance was paid at too low a rate and that as a result carers often had to cut back on food - Speech Link
4: Margaret Greenwood (Lab - Wirral West) has caused stress and anxiety for them, and many have been forced to cut back on essentials such as food - Speech Link
5: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Carer’s allowance can be backdated, however, to the date from which the disability is payable. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: None much will be reserved to ensure that children in the UK who are entitled to benefits do not grow up in poverty - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) unsuccessful, to the very sensible set of recommendations made by my noble friend Lady Sherlock.The Child Poverty - Speech Link
3: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) regulator to go into print is extremely unusual.Of course, we also have Big Brother Watch and the Child Poverty - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) Sickness and disability benefits engage disability, obviously; pensions engage age; benefits relating - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
NHS: Long-term Sustainability - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Pitkeathley (Lab - Life peer) broader picture: we do not look at the lifestyle issues and diets that cause the conditions or the poverty - Speech Link
2: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) We are flooded with unhealthy food, which is incredibly heavily advertised in all media. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hollins (XB - Life peer) mental health, with one aim of improving the therapeutic environment of mental health and learning disability - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Covid-19: Response and Excess Deaths - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) conditions suffered and complained about were caused by the vaccines, but have not caused sufficient disability—beyond - Speech Link
2: Graham Stringer (Lab - Blackley and Broughton) made it abundantly clear that it is going to look at the impact of the virus on social divisions and poverty - Speech Link
3: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) management efforts.”Documents recently disclosed as part of a freedom of information lawsuit against the US Food - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Household Support Fund: Children’s Bed Poverty - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) children are now growing up in poverty. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Lab - Life peer) not able to afford daily living costs and extra costs associated with having a health condition or disability - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) used to ameliorate bed poverty. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I reassure her that the largest category of spend has been on food support, including support during - Speech Link
5: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) , particularly child poverty. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) the personal independence payment, which is a contribution to the additional costs of sickness and disability - Speech Link
2: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) Health Equity North research shows high levels of economic inactivity in the north-east due to disability - Speech Link
3: Mims Davies (Con - Mid Sussex) Our national disability strategy and the disability action plan are delivering tangible progress. - Speech Link
4: Virendra Sharma (Lab - Ealing, Southall) What are the Government’s plans to reduce dependence on food banks? - Speech Link
5: Lisa Cameron (Con - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) It is so important for disability inclusion in the workplace. Will she recommend that hon. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Spring Budget 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) Unemployment has halved, absolute poverty has gone down and there are 800 more people in jobs for every - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, the message I get from anti-poverty, children’s and women’s organisations in response to the - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) This is money from the DWP to local authorities to help households struggling with food and energy costs - Speech Link
4: Lord Skidelsky (XB - Life peer) Whatever the supply-side contribution to it—and I understand the rise in poverty, disability, and mismatch - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Budget Resolutions - Tue 12 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) End Child Poverty has estimated that more than 8,000 children are experiencing poverty in Lewisham East - Speech Link
2: Marion Fellows (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) tougher sanctions regime that was introduced has backfired, with more people receiving sickness and disability - Speech Link
3: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) How did I heat the food to feed her? - Speech Link
4: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) banks and food bank usage. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
State Pension Changes: Women - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Mick Whitley (Lab - Birkenhead) spending, with more than half struggling to pay essential bills and one in four struggling to afford food - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) That has been exacerbated by the cost of living crisis, with soaring food and energy prices, rising interest - Speech Link
3: Gill Furniss (Lab - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) crisis, and the Government’s failure to get a grip on the situation has led to rampant inflation and food - Speech Link
4: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) People with a severe disability, carers and those who are responsible for a child or young person who - Speech Link