Universal Credit

Jim Cunningham Excerpts
Tuesday 16th October 2018

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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If the hon. Gentleman has individual cases of constituents facing these difficulties, he should bring them to me. I cannot react to general comments, which we hear quite a lot from the Opposition. When Members have specific cases, they should bring them forward and we will deal with them.

Jim Cunningham Portrait Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
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I will be as brief as I can. For all the reasons outlined by my colleagues, the roll-out should be stopped and people should not lose out, especially given that a lot of people have been driven into the hands of money lenders as a result of the roll-out.

Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As I have said, we will be bringing forward the managed migration regulations later this year. If the Opposition want to support people and ensure that they are protected, they should vote for those regulations together with us.