Personal Independence Payments Debate
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Henry Smith
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Personal Independence Payments
Henry Smith Excerpts(7 years, 9 months ago)
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Damian Green
We are introducing them very carefully. I completely agree that people likely to suffer from anxiety should not be made unnecessarily anxious, which is why I am at pains to reassure them, the House and everyone else that this is not a policy change or a cut. Nobody will receive less benefit than they were originally awarded by the DWP.
Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
I commend the Secretary of State for his response. Through the PIP improvement plan, can he assure constituents of mine who find it difficult to travel to assessments that they will be supported?
Damian Green
Yes I can. Assessors already visit people who need that particular service, and obviously that will continue.