Monday, 21 May 2018
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps she is taking to implement the 2017 Budget changes to universal credit.
What estimate she has made of the number of families affected by the two-child limit for child tax credits and universal credit since April 2017.
What recent assessment the Government have made of trends in youth employment.
What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt of people receiving universal credit.
What assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the number of evictions in the private rented sector.
What progress her Department has made on processing back-payments for personal independence payment claims.
What steps the Government are taking to help young disabled people into work.
What steps her Department is taking to improve social mobility.
What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the ability of victims of domestic violence to claim benefits.
What progress is being made on automatic enrolment for employees in Cheadle constituency.
What progress is being made on increasing private pension provision in Windsor constituency.
What assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the eligibility criteria for attendance allowance.
What mental health awareness training her Department provides for personal independence payment assessors.
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of fees and charges applied by asset managers to the investments made by defined contribution and defined benefit pension schemes.
What financial support is available for disabled people who incur costs relating to their condition which welfare payments are not designed to meet.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
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Emergency debate ( Standing Order No. 24)
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Queen’s recommendation signified.
With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 6 and 7 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Cash Ratio Deposits (Value Bands and Ratios) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 16 April, be approved.
That the draft Restriction on the Preparation of Adoption Reports (Amendment) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 16 April, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.) Question...
That the draft Somerset West and Taunton (Modification of Boundary Change Enactments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be approved. The Deputy Speaker’s...
That the draft Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.) The Deputy Speaker’s...
That the draft Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 29 March, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.) The Deputy Speaker’s...
That the draft Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 29 March, be...
That the draft Offshore Environmental Civil Sanctions Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 23 April, be approved.—(Amanda Milling.) Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Amanda Milling.)
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