Under-occupancy Penalty

Liz McInnes Excerpts
Thursday 28th January 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. If it were, I would have ruled thus, and it was not, so I did not—we will leave it at that. I am always grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his advice, even if it is proffered from a sedentary position but, in this instance, it suffers from the material disadvantage of being wrong.

Liz McInnes Portrait Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
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I just want to put a simple question asked by Mr Paul Rutherford himself: why are the Government spending taxpayers’ money on an appeal?

Justin Tomlinson Portrait Justin Tomlinson
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Because we want to ensure that those who are vulnerable get the right support.