Under-occupancy Penalty Debate
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Neil Coyle
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(8 years, 3 months ago)
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Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)
When the Government consulted on the bedroom tax in the run-up to the introduction of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, how many disability and carers’ organisations and others warned the Department categorically of the discriminatory nature of the measure, and why was their advice ignored at such substantial cost to the taxpayer?
Justin Tomlinson
In the development of this policy there was full and wide consultation.