Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in poverty who will lose financial support as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the eligibility criteria for Personal Independence Payment.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

The government's impact assessment regarding Health and Disability Reform is available at Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms - Impacts. This includes estimated impacts of the proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment entitlement rules on the number of people in poverty. However, it does not have estimated impacts regarding those already in poverty.

The Pathways to Work Green Paper set out a broad package of plans and proposals to reform health and disability benefits and employment support. Our plans are designed to protect the most vulnerable and give disabled people equal chances and choices to work.

We will continue to carefully consider the impacts of reforms as we develop our detailed proposals for change.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of Israeli funding of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK is appalled by reports of mass casualty incidents, in which civilians and aid workers have been killed, at and near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution sites. The funding streams of the GHF have not been shared with the UK. The UK has been clear that we will not support any aid mechanism that prioritises political or military objectives or puts civilians at risk. On 4 June, we were firm at the UN Security Council that the new aid model is inhumane and Israel needs to end its restrictions on aid now. We support the UN and endorse its plan for delivery of aid put forward on 16 May - it is based on humanitarian principles, has built in mitigations against aid diversion and uses established mechanisms to deliver aid safely and at the scale required.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the transportation of F-35 parts from London Stansted Airport to Israel.

Answered by Douglas Alexander - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

DBT publishes data on the licences granted for the export of controlled goods. Enquiries related to data on the final exports of specific products should be referred to HMRC.

In September, we suspended direct exports of F-35 components from the UK to Israel, where these are for use by Israel (and not for re-export from Israeli suppliers to the global F-35 programme).

Military exports transiting the UK do not require a licence if they comply with certain handling conditions, do not include specific goods and are not bound for specific destinations, as set out in Article 17 of the Export Control Order 2008.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 53578 on Genocide Convention, whether his Department made an assessment of the merits that Israel was in breach of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in July 2024.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK's long-standing policy is that any formal determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent national or international court, rather than for governments or non-judicial bodies. It should be decided after consideration of all the evidence available in the context of a credible judicial process.

In the context of export licensing, Criterion 1 of the UK's Strategic Export Licensing Criteria requires respect for the UK's international obligations and commitments. We have carefully collated, reviewed and assessed relevant evidence concerning the Gaza conflict. In September, we took decisive action, stopping exports to the Israeli Defence Forces that might be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law in the Gaza conflict. The action we have taken, as announced to Parliament, is consistent with all our legal obligations, including those under the Arms Trade Treaty and Genocide Convention, and we remain wholly committed to international law.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the funding of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The Foreign Secretary has been clear with Foreign Minister Sa'ar that Israel must allow unrestricted aid into Gaza. In their latest call, the Foreign Secretary shared concerns about the rising risks of famine and starvation in Gaza, as well as the new aid delivery system, including the reduction of aid delivery points in Gaza. The Foreign Secretary was clear that aid cannot be used as a weapon of war. In our statement to the UN Security Council on 13 May, we made clear that the UK will not support any aid mechanism that prioritises political or military objectives or puts vulnerable civilians at risk. The UK supports the UN and humanitarian partners. We have endorsed the UN's plan for delivery of aid put forward on 16 May - it is based on humanitarian principles, has built in mitigations against aid diversion and uses established mechanisms to deliver at the scale required. We call on Israel to urgently engage with the UN to ensure a return to a full and unhindered resumption of the safe delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Personal Independence Payment recipients who (a) rely on that payment to work and (b) might lose money as a result of her Department's proposed changes to the Personal Independence Payment eligibility criteria.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Some 17% of PIP claimants are in employment. No assessment has been made on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) recipients who rely on their PIP payment to work.

However, an assessment has been made on the number of PIP recipients who might lose money as a result of the proposed changes to eligibility, and can be found in the ‘The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Change to Personal Independence Payment eligibility requirement from the Department for Work and Pensions - June 2025’ impact assessment, in table 3, found at the following website: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament (https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3988/publications). Many people who are no longer entitled to the Daily Living component of PIP will still, however, receive the mobility component.

Table 3 outlines that by 2029/30, a minimum 4-point score requirement would result in an estimated 60,000 current PIP claimants (as at October 2026) moving from the enhanced rate of PIP daily living to the nil rate, and 320,000 current PIP claimants (as at October 2026) moving from the standard rate of PIP daily living to the nil rate. It would also result in an estimated 40,000 new claims not being entitled to the enhanced daily living component and 390,000 new claims not being entitled to the standard daily living component (post October 2026).

Our intention is that changes will start to come into effect from November 2026 for PIP, subject to parliamentary approval. After that date, no one will lose PIP without first being reassessed by a trained assessor or healthcare professional, who assesses individual needs and circumstance. Reassessments happen on average every 3 years. No one over state pension age at the time any changes come in will be affected.

The change includes a run-on of PIP entitlement for 13 weeks as a financial protection, which will apply to claimants who lose entitlement on award review because of the new requirement. This run-on will extend to passported benefits such as Carer’s Allowance and the UC carer’s element. Claimants will continue to receive these awards during the run on period.

The number of people currently on PIP who did not score 4 points in one category in their last assessment should not be equated with the number who are likely to lose PIP in future. It’s important to make a clear distinction between the two, not least because we don’t want constituents to be unnecessarily fearful about their situation, when we understand many are already anxious. Someone who didn’t score 4 points in an activity in a previous assessment may well score 4 points in a future assessment – not least as many conditions tend to get worse, not better, over time. Under the current eligibility criteria, 19% of award reviews over the last 5 years have resulted in an increased award.

After accounting for behavioural changes, the OBR predicts that 9 out 10 PIP recipients at the time of policy implementation are expected to be unaffected by the PIP 4-point change in 2029/30.

Even with these reforms, the overall number of working age people on PIP/DLA is expected to rise by 750,000 by the end of this Parliament and spending will rise from £23 billion in 24/25 to £31 billion in 29/30.

We are consulting on how best to support those who are affected by the new eligibility changes, including ensuring health and care needs are met. We have also announced a wider review of the PIP assessment to make it fair and fit for purpose, which I am leading. We are bringing together a range of experts, stakeholders and people with lived experience to consider how best to do this. We will provide further details as plans progress.

Arrest of protestors in Liverpool

National Day of Memory for Victims of Honour-Based Abuse, 14 July

Funding for training of professional journalists

Ayman Odeh

Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro

Parliamentary approval for UK military action against Iran

Durham Miners' Gala 2025

Prison education insourcing

Found: Wednesday 9 July 2025 6 As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon

Found: As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon Andy McDonald

Found: Tuesday 8 July 2025 6 As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon

Found: As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon Andy McDonald

Found: As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon Andy McDonald

Found: As Amendments to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon Andy McDonald

Found: As an Amendment to Secretary Liz Kendall's proposed Amendment 2:— _2(a) Richard Burgon Andy McDonald

Found: by Ayoub Khan, Mr Adnan Hussain, Shockat Adam, Zarah Sultana, Apsana Begum, Brian Leishman, Richard Burgon

Found: Not called_164 Kim Johnson Bell Ribeiro-Addy Apsana Begum Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana Siân Berry

Found: Not called_164 Kim Johnson Bell Ribeiro-Addy Apsana Begum Richard Burgon Zarah Sultana Siân Berry

Found: Hinchliff Neil Duncan-Jordan Manuela Perteghella Dr Simon Opher John McDonnell Andy McDonald Richard Burgon