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Debate between Martin Wrigley and Andrew Western
Monday 11th November 2024

(1 week, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Western Portrait Andrew Western
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My hon. Friend is right to raise that issue. The spiralling nature of fraud in this country since the pandemic and on the last Government’s watch is totally unacceptable. We will bring forward a fraud, error and debt Bill in the coming months, which is part of a much broader package—the largest-ever package brought forward by any Government—to take out more than £7.6 billion of fraud over the forecast period.

Martin Wrigley Portrait Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot) (LD)
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Citizens Advice tells me that the DWP continues to start action on alleged overpayments more than six years after the event. That is longer than bank records are kept to prove otherwise. Does the Secretary of State think that that is fair and right?

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