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Debate between Gemma Doyle and John Bercow(11 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
I have known the right hon. Gentleman for 27 years and he is often right, but on this occasion he is half right. The hon. Member for Enfield North (Nick de Bois) does have a Question lower down the Order Paper. That played a part in my choosing to call him now. It is Question 11, as the right hon. Gentleman will correctly discern, but it has not been grouped with any other Question.
Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op)
I welcome the Minister to his post. Having travelled with him and his colleague, the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, the hon. hon. Member for Ludlow (Mr Dunne), all the way to Stanley last year, I can say that an 18-hour journey is useful in fostering cross-party co-operation.
I welcome the Minister’s comments today because, despite the Prime Minister’s assurances on the personal independence payment, in a letter to me dated 30 September the then Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Maria Miller), who had responsibility for disabled people, wrote:
“we are working with the MOD to establish if it would be possible to avoid severely injured veterans undergoing multiple reassessments”.
At that stage, the Prime Minister’s message clearly had not filtered through to Ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions. Will the Minister clarify how far back the policy that he has announced today will apply?
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Debate between Gemma Doyle and John Bercow(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op)
2. What assessment she has made of the cumulative effect of welfare reform legislation on disabled people.
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Debate between Gemma Doyle and John Bercow(12 years ago)
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Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op)
West Dunbartonshire is the most difficult local authority area in the whole of the UK in which to find a job, yet the Scottish National party Government have refused us any help and refused to meet me. Have this Government also abandoned West Dunbartonshire or can we expect help to do one thing—to create jobs?