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Layla Moran Excerpts
Monday 21st May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Newton Portrait Sarah Newton
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I appreciate the hon. Lady bringing up that really important case. We will take it away and get back to her.

Layla Moran Portrait Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD)
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T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Esther McVey Portrait The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Ms Esther McVey)
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Further to our discussions in this House regarding Motability and my promise to seek a National Audit Office inquiry into it, I am pleased to announce that agreement has been reached and that the NAO will begin its inquiry into Motability.

Layla Moran Portrait Layla Moran
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I have a young constituent who has PKU, a rare inherited disorder that requires a strict diet and treatment for life. She had been in receipt of the disability living allowance, but now that she has turned 16, she has scored zero in every personal independence payment category. Will the Minister meet my constituent and me so that we can iron out this clear case of “the computer says no”?

Sarah Newton Portrait Sarah Newton
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I would be absolutely delighted to meet the hon. Lady and to go through this constituency case with her.