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Andrew Bridgen

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Monday 13th June 2011

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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I think what I said in Committee was that there would be some savings but that they were modest. The principle of a six-month qualifying period was not intended to deny disabled people help in the short term. That help currently comes mainly but not exclusively from means-tested support, with the personal independence payment starting when costs become a burden to people, regardless of their income. That is why it is not means-tested.

Andrew Bridgen Portrait Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
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Will the six-month qualifying period allow for special cases, such as people with a terminal illness, who might not survive six months?

Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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I can absolutely assure my hon. Friend that that will be the case and that we will carry forward that provision from disability living allowance.

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