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Debate between Amber Rudd and Stephen Hepburn
Monday 11th February 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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Of course, I will meet my hon. Friend to ensure that the right decisions have been made, but I would point out that she has drawn attention to one of the benefits of universal credit: a monthly assessment allows a much more accurate payment to be made to individual applicants.

Stephen Hepburn Portrait Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab)
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T5. The Minister referred earlier to record levels of employment, but is it not a fact that this is only because the Tories are running a slave economy, with 4 million people on bogus self-employment, zero-hours contracts and agency work, waiting to know whether they are going to be working from one day to the next?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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As I was able to say earlier, only under 2.5% are on zero-hours contracts. The facts do not support the hon. Gentleman’s approach. He can have his own views; he cannot have his own facts.