Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Answers to Questions

Tony Lloyd Excerpts
Monday 13th November 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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I agree with my hon. Friend on that. It is right that service providers have a duty to anticipate these things and provide adjustments, where reasonable, for disabled people. In the case of her constituent, this may include arranging events at an accessible venue. It is also worth pointing out that one in five of those taking up the new enterprise allowance, which is designed to help people set up businesses, are disabled people.

Tony Lloyd Portrait Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) (Lab)
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Every new job is welcome, but we have a country where 55% of people new into work are in receipt of benefits and living in poverty and where the better-off are now disgustingly well-paid. What are the Government really going to do about this?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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Of course the highest earning 1% pay a bigger proportion of income tax than they ever have done before. I am also pleased to say that our Government have substantially increased the personal allowance; we have introduced the national living wage; and the support that universal credit is going to provide will help more and more people progress in work.