House of Commons debates
Monday, 28 January 2013

• Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions
  The Secretary of State was asked—
  • Housing Benefit (10 speeches)
    What estimate he has made of the number of households in Scotland affected by the new under-occupancy rules for housing benefit.
  • Business Start-ups (Government Support) (11 speeches)
    What steps his Department is taking to support people who want to start their own business.
  • Benefit Cap (10 speeches)
    Whether he plans to phase the introduction of the benefit cap.
  • State Pensions (11 speeches)
    How many people currently claiming a state pension will benefit from the new higher rate state pension under his proposals for a single tier scheme.
  • Disability Living Allowance (8 speeches)
    How many reassessments of claims for disability living allowance have taken place in the past six months.
  • Universal Credit (12 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the preparations for the introduction of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
  • Welfare Spending (21 speeches, 2 annotations)
    What steps he is taking to control welfare spending.
  • Jobseeker’s Allowance (Easington) (7 speeches)
    What estimate he has made of trends in the number of people in Easington constituency claiming jobseeker’s allowance in 2013.
  • Housing Benefit (10 speeches)
    What assessment he has made of the potential effect on low-income families of planned changes to housing benefit eligibility in respect of under-occupancy in the social rented sector.
  • Carer's Allowance (6 speeches)
    What estimate she has made of the number of unpaid carers who will lose carer’s allowance as a result of the benefit cap.
  • Long-term Unemployment (6 speeches)
    What steps he is taking to address long-term unemployment.
  • Topical Questions (40 speeches, 2 annotations)
    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
  • High Speed Rail (130 speeches, 1 annotation)
    With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement about our railways. Investing in transport infrastructure is not a choice. To create jobs and to rebalance our economy we need better...
• Points of Order (4 speeches)
  On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You will know that the Second Reading debate on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill will take place next Tuesday. It obviously raises profound moral, emotional...
• Succession to the Crown Bill (0 speeches)
  Further consideration of Bill, as amended in Committee
  • New Clause 1 — Removal of disqualification arising from faith (114 speeches)
    ‘(1) A person is not disqualified from succeeding to the Crown or from possessing it as a result of that person not joining in communion with the Church of England as by law established;...
  • Clause 1 — Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender (32 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment 3, page 1, line 2, leave out ‘born after 28 October 2011’ and insert ‘whenever born’. I shall be much briefer than I was when...
  • Business without Debate — Delegated Legislation (0 speeches)
    Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)).
  • Public Bodies (0 speeches)
    That the draft Public Bodies (Abolition of the Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 15 October 2012, be approved.—(Mr Evennett.) The...
  • Public Bodies (0 speeches)
    That the draft Public Bodies (Water Supply and Water Quality Fees) Order 2012, which was laid before this House on 22 October 2012, be approved.—(Greg Hands.) Question agreed to. Motion...
  • Regulatory Reform (0 speeches)
    That the draft Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013, which was laid before this House on 26 November 2012, be approved.—(Greg Hands.) Question agreed to.
  • Committees (1 speech)
    With the leave of the House, we will take motions 5 and 6 together. Ordered,
  • Communities and Local Government (0 speeches)
    That Stephen Gilbert be discharged from the Communities and Local Government Committee and John Pugh be added.
  • Scottish Affairs (0 speeches)
    That Fiona Bruce and Iain McKenzie be discharged from the Scottish Affairs Committee and Mrs Eleanor Laing and Graeme Morrice be added.—(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee...
• Basketball (Funding) (48 speeches)
  Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Greg Hands.)