Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to enter into alternative dispute resolution with WASPI Ltd.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

We have no plans to do so.

Found: the Chair Maureen Burke Harriet Cross Stephen Flynn Lillian Jones Mr Angus MacDonald Douglas McAllister

Found: Patricia Ferguson (Chair); Maureen Burke; Dave Doogan; Lillian Jones; Mr Angus MacDonald; Douglas McAllister

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