Scheduled Event - Tuesday 7th May
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Lords - Oral questions - Main Chamber
Assessment of the scale of period poverty
MP: Baroness Verma

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: World Bank 109th Development Committee Meeting: UK Governor's statement
Document: (PDF)

Found: It is clear that progress on poverty has stalled and risks continue to grow.

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: UK Government, Scottish Government, and Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive.Reporting Period

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Select Committee

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

CRG0002 - City Region and Growth Deals

Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: City Region and Growth Deals
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: project-specific nature of the funding, and the value of the investment - £100m over a ten-year period

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Westminster Hall
Partner and Spousal Visas: Minimum Income - Tue 23 Apr 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Paul Blomfield (Lab - Sheffield Central) In the US, it is 125% of federal poverty guidelines, which means in real terms that it is pretty similar - Speech Link
2: Siobhan Baillie (Con - Stroud) £62,500 we currently have for the savings route held for 6 months proves I can support us during this period - Speech Link

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Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) However, over the same period, direct patient care staff increased by 1,195 full-time equivalents. - Speech Link
2: Debbie Abrahams (Lab - Oldham East and Saddleworth) she accept the overwhelming evidence that current levels of ill health reflect 14 years of escalating poverty - Speech Link
3: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) We are spending more than £8 billion in this spending review period on additional elective activity, - Speech Link
4: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) million for its operational capital budget in 2023-24, with over £118 million for this spending review period - Speech Link
5: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) and alcohol strategy commits more than half a billion pounds of new funding over the spending review period - Speech Link

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Westminster Hall
Household Energy Debt - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) 6 million households in the UK will be in fuel poverty. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) He is right to highlight fuel poverty. - Speech Link
3: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) , with 36% in fuel poverty according to the most recent data. - Speech Link
4: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) He mentioned what it is like to live in fuel poverty. - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Work and Pensions

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/****)
Document: (PDF)

Found: We recommend that a grace period should be introduced for those moving across to Universal Credit from

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Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Social Security Advisory Committee

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/****)
Document: (PDF)

Found: We recommend that a grace period should be introduced for those moving across to Universal Credit from

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