Universal Credit

Debate between Esther McVey and Bob Stewart

Monday 5th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Ms McVey]

I wonder whether I could invite the right hon. Lady to go to see the work that Jobcentre Plus and the work coaches are doing and how they are helping an extra 1,000 people each and every day into work and, equally, how they are working with the most vulnerable to sort them. If I did what she said and stopped the roll-out, it would mean that 1 million disabled people who would possibly be getting an extra £100 would not be getting it, and that those 700,000 people who have not got the right amount of benefit—nearly £300 a month—would not be getting it.

[Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con)]

Can I just get this right? Is it correct that our country gives more family benefits to our people who need them than any other developed country? [Interruption.]