Written Question
Tuesday 29th March 2016
Asked by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that Community Work Placement providers are held to the standards required in their contract.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Community Work Placement performance is being actively managed, underpinned by improvement plans and local performance improvement activity, with contracts terminated early where providers have failed to meet their targets.
This action sends a clear message to providers that the Department expects them to deliver the performance they have promised in their bids.
Written Question
Thursday 10th March 2016
Asked by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all payments of universal credit to newly-arrived EU nationals will be covered by the scheme set out in Section D of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government meeting within the European Council on 18 and 19 February 2016.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
As Universal Credit will replace our existing system of non-contributory in-work benefits, it will of course be covered by the scope of our new settlement in a reformed European Union.
Written Question
Thursday 10th March 2016
Asked by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials of his Department have had with the UK Statistics Authority on the ad hoc release of the document, Benefit claims by EEA nationals in November 2015; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Departmental officials had discussions with the UK Statistics Authority on the day of publication to confirm publication. Further discussions took place shortly after publication on the methodology used.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"I hope not to detain the House for long, but I wish to make a couple of points.
First, in answer to the hon. Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds), we are having this debate because we foresaw, during the passage of the European Union Act 2011, issues that might or …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"It is a bit of both. The agency has the following main tasks:
“to collect, analyse and disseminate…objective, reliable and comparative information”
related to the situation of fundamental rights in the EU;
“to formulate and publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics…on its own initiative or at the request …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"I would like to think that they would not be. If I were a leading light in the CBI or the ETUC, I would want to make sure of being in a position whereby I would not be accused of being biased in one way or the other. Receiving money …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"Again, I would like to think not. I follow what the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friends have been doing on the European Scrutiny Committee. There has been a long and ongoing dialogue with the BBC, as I know because I was a member of the Committee over the last …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"Forgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker, as I did rather provoke reaction from my SNP colleagues, because I wanted to prove the point that when questions are raised about the partiality of an organisation, either through its funding or its actions, it could devalue that organisation’s input into something important, such …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]
"I probably do, yes. I hate to beat around the bush: I do not think it is worth funding this organisation. It is duplication for duplication’s sake. Given the number of other direct opportunities available to the bodies that will attend the summit to influence the thinking of the European …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Mar 2015
Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System)
"It is a pleasure to take part in this debate. I am sorry that I missed the first couple of minutes of the speech by the hon. Member for Aberdeen South (Dame Anne Begg), because she speaks very sensibly on this issue and many Government Members listen to what she …..."Chris Heaton-Harris - View Speech
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