Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Nicholas Dakin Excerpts
Thursday 18th January 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to pay tribute to his constituent councillor, and to all those who give so much of their time, very often unpaid or by working extra time that is unpaid, in serving their community. We owe them all a debt of gratitude.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
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May we have a statement about the impact of the removal of employment and support allowance mortgage interest support on people such as my constituent Jonathan Parsons, registered blind, who had paid into the system all his working life?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I am sorry to hear about the case that the hon. Gentleman raises. He may want to raise that at departmental questions as a specific constituency case.