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John Pugh Excerpts
Monday 22nd November 2010

(13 years, 12 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Steve Webb Portrait Steve Webb
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On the contrary. The Labour party manifesto said that people who were in work should not be in worse accommodation than people who are out of work. That implies the 30th percentile change, and that is what we have implemented.

John Pugh Portrait Dr John Pugh (Southport) (LD)
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What are the Government doing to prevent hardened drug addicts with consequent mental health issues claiming DLA in the normal way, which goes straight into their veins and up their noses? What are the Government doing to improve the situation and stop this waste of public money?

Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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As my hon. Friend knows, we are undertaking a thorough review of the assessment process concerning DLA. Those are just the sort of issues that we will be looking at in detail.