Scottish Welfare Powers
Debate between Andrew Rosindell and Bill Grant(6 years, 9 months ago)
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Bill Grant
I respect the hon. Lady’s intervention, but for clarity, I never indicated or suggested—sorry if you have interpreted it as such—
Andrew Rosindell (in the Chair)
Order. I remind Members that the word “you” refers to the Chair.
Bill Grant
My apologies. I checked with the office. Cumnock jobcentre went live on 25 October last year, and in February this year the two other jobcentres in my constituency, Ayr and Girvan, went live. I think we have had six inquiries in total in that time. By the time my office staff got back to them, I think two or three of them had self-resolved and the system had resolved the others. The dark side of universal credit in terms of the changes is not self-evident.