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Eilidh Whiteford

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Speaker’s Statement
Monday 9th March 2015

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I am reminded of the feeling when one thinks the washing machine will stop—but it does not!

Eilidh Whiteford Portrait Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan) (SNP)
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Over 143,000 benefit sanctions were imposed in Scotland in the two years from October 2012, and one in four food bank users is using them because of delays in the benefit system. Yet today we read in the Financial Times that the Tories are planning to cut 30,000 jobs from the Department for Work and Pensions if they win the next election, most of them in the nations and regions. Is this not a recipe for further chaos and misery? Do not both claimants and DWP staff deserve better?

Esther McVey Portrait Esther McVey
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For the sake of brevity and clarity, those figures are not true at all.

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