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Peter Aldous Excerpts
Monday 9th January 2017

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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The Government are committed to the triple lock for the whole of this Parliament.

Peter Aldous Portrait Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
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T3. Waveney District Council has been working proactively with the Department for Work and Pensions to support the roll-out of full-service universal credit. Although the council has committed considerable resources to the work, local people are still facing challenges. Can the Secretary of State assure me that his Department will urgently seek to resolve those issues that have been raised constructively by the council and other authorities through the national steering group?

Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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I am happy to give my hon. Friend that assurance. He and I have exchanged correspondence on this—he may not yet have received a letter from me offering a meeting with my hon. Friend the Minister for Employment. We absolutely want to work through any teething issues with local councils.