Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Harper and Robert Flello

Monday 1st September 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Harper]

I thank the hon. Lady for welcoming me to my post. I agree with her. She is absolutely right—I have said that we want to drive down the length of time that people are waiting. My priority is, first, to ensure that Atos performs against its commitments to the end of its contract in February, that we get a new contract awarded to a new provider, and that the new provider picks up the reins smoothly from Atos and continues to drive down the backlog, so that our constituents wait as little time as possible. Those are the things I shall be focused on between now and the election.

[Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab)]

7. What progress he has made on the introduction of face-to-face pensions advice.