John McDonnell
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Priti Patel
My hon. Friend will know from her background as a doctor in her constituency that people have different needs, and individual cases are very complex. She is right to say that we can make no assumptions just by looking at data; it is about putting people first and understanding their needs.
John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab)
Just over a year ago, 130,000 people signed a petition and there was a debate in the House calling for a cumulative impact assessment by the Government of the welfare changes on people with disabilities. These data are just one element of that. The House decided without opposition that the Government should undertake that exercise. Are they giving any consideration to conducting a cumulative impact assessment?
Priti Patel
The last Labour Government never published a cumulative impact statement, and our focus right now is on publishing this set of data, as we have committed to do.