Universal Credit

Margot James Excerpts
Thursday 5th September 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am afraid that that is not a question for the Secretary of State. I decide whether an urgent question should be granted or not. I am fully conscious of what other parts of the House are doing and the judgment I have to make is whether the matter should be aired on the Floor of the House today. The answer is yes. That, to be honest, is the end of the matter.

Margot James Portrait Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con)
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I was delighted to hear my right hon. Friend say that he thought that the cultural change afforded by the introduction of universal credit was even more important than the financial savings that it will offer. In my part of the world in the black country, we have a higher than average rate of workless households. Will he talk to his officials about ensuring that some of the pathfinder pilots that he has in mind take place in the black country?

Iain Duncan Smith Portrait Mr Duncan Smith
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I thank my hon. Friend for her support and I will ensure that she gets the earliest possible roll-out.