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Tracy Brabin
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(7 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. Time is against us and we must hear the voice of Batley and Spen.
Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen) (Lab)
Thank you, Mr Speaker.
A constituent of mine, whom I have spoken of before, lost her job on Christmas eve. She is denied universal credit because she is over 60 and she is denied jobseeker’s allowance because her husband has a small private pension. This couple’s lives have been thrown into financial turmoil. Does the Minister agree that it is time the Government paid some compensation to this constituent, as she has paid in all her life?
Damian Hinds
Jobseeker’s allowance or universal credit should be available to people of working age. I will have to look at the details of the case the hon. Lady mentioned, if she would like to get in contact.