Personal Independence Payments Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payments

Carolyn Harris Excerpts
Wednesday 13th April 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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Justin Tomlinson Portrait Justin Tomlinson
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The hon. Lady can shake her head, but that is why only 16% of claimants on DLA received it at the highest rate, yet the figure for PIP is 22%.

Carolyn Harris Portrait Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab)
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Does the Minister appreciate that my constituent Linda Isaac, who is currently receiving chemotherapy for bowel cancer, who has waited for 19 weeks only to be denied PIP and another nine weeks for a mandatory reconsideration, will not appreciate the modern “dynamic” PIP system that he is talking about?