Scheduled Event -
Monday 6th February
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Commons -
Motions - Main Chamber
Motions to approve the Draft Social Security Benefits Up-Rating Order 2023 and the Draft Benefit Cap (Annual Limit) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Department: Department for Work and Pensions MP: Guy OppermanSpeech in Westminster Hall - Wed 23 Nov 2022 Social Security Support for Children
"I hesitate to interrupt esteemed colleagues in their speeches, because clearly I will try to address as many points as I can in closing. However, as always with any local constituency issue raised by colleagues from any political party, I ask the hon. Gentleman please to write me directly and …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher.
I congratulate the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Ms Qaisar) on her first ever Westminster Hall debate. I confess that it is my first ever Westminster Hall debate in my new role, which I have been doing for …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"I have a lot to try to address. Let me make a little progress, then I will give way.
Child benefit is available to anyone responsible for bringing up a child aged 16 or under, or 20 if they are in approved education or training. From April 2023, the weekly …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"The hon. Lady and I spent nearly six months campaigning to ensure that there was a serious and legitimate change to women’s pensions entitlements in certain private sector pensions. I thank her for her work on the private Member’s Bill that she brought forward and that is now in law, …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"May I just finish? I will also come to the point made by the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts. That number has fallen by 590,000 since 2010, and 1.7 million more children are living in a home where at least one person is working. I give way first to …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"Obviously, being three and a half weeks into the job I am looking forward to learning a great deal. I have merely recited the statistics on people in absolute poverty before housing costs. I will go away and think about the matter. I will give way to the hon. Member …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"The hon. Lady has obviously pre-read my speech and the comments that I will make, because my fifth point was going to be about childcare. There are a variety of points, which I will address in their totality; I will then try to deal with the specifics, particularly for those …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"The Under-Secretary of State for Education, my hon. Friend the Member for East Surrey (Claire Coutinho), and I have had a preliminary meeting. The country wants to try to assist parents who want to go back to work. There is a real desire to address childcare on a long-term basis …..." Guy Opperman - View Speech
"Our dedicated work coaches engage with claimants to determine what additional support they may need to enter or progress in work. Where skills gaps are identified, claimants will be encouraged to access skills-related employment programmes such as sector-based work academies, skills boot camps or appropriate local training provision...." Guy Opperman - View Speech