Disabled Children: Tax Credit Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Disabled Children: Tax Credit

Lord Wigley Excerpts
Wednesday 30th November 2016

(7 years, 4 months ago)

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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Lord Young of Cookham
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I am grateful to my noble friend. I have probably gone way beyond my negotiating remit already, but if it were to be referred to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, I suspect it would be resisted by the Treasury or DWP on the grounds that they were complying with the law but, were the Parliamentary Commissioner to uphold the complaint then, following precedent, I imagine that the government department would then honour the compensation proposed.

Lord Wigley Portrait Lord Wigley (PC)
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My Lords—