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Debate between Mike Penning and Lord Stunell
Monday 13th January 2014

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Stunell Portrait Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD)
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Constituents of mine who face mandatory reconsideration are stuck with the possibility of a gap in their benefits until their tribunal hearing. I know that the Secretary of State is very keen to deal with that problem. Will he tell the House what further steps can be taken to protect my constituents?

Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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One of the things we have done in the past couple of weeks, since I came to this post, is get information back from tribunal judges. Previously, we did not have that information. We are studying why judges are making those decisions, so we can make sure that we get decisions right before they go to tribunal.