Monday, 13 May 2019
The Secretary of State was asked—
What progress her Department has made in improving the appeals process for disability living allowance.
What recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in-work poverty.
What steps her Department is taking to help people with disabilities into work.
What steps the Government are taking to support young vulnerable adults in receipt of universal credit who live in supported accommodation.
What steps she is taking to increase employment opportunities for care leavers.
What steps her Department is taking to increase financial support for vulnerable universal credit claimants compared with the legacy system.
How many pensioners on fixed incomes have had their benefits reduced in the last nine years.
What steps she has taken to tailor universal credit to claimants’ needs.
What steps her Department is taking to support people with disabilities in employment.
How many women have entered employment in (a) Northampton- shire and (b) England since 2010.
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of poverty in the UK.
What assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the UK since 2010.
What steps the Government are taking to support ex-offenders into employment.
What steps her Department has taken to increase working people’s income through universal credit in this financial year.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
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Second Reading
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7), That the following provisions shall apply to the Non-Domestic Rating (Preparation for Digital Services) Bill: Committal (1)...
Queen’s recommendation signified. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)), That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Non-Domestic Rating...
With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 4 to 9 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6),
That the Animal Health, Alien Species in Aquaculture and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 813), dated 4 April 2019, a copy of which was laid...
That the Plant Health (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 820), dated 4 April 2019, a copy of which was laid before this House on 8 April, be approved.
That the Architects Act 1997 (Swiss Qualifications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 810), dated 4 April 2019, a copy of which was laid before this House on 5 April, be...
That the Common Agricultural Policy and Market Measures (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 812), dated 4 April 2019, a copy of which was laid before this...
That the draft Buckinghamshire (Structural Changes) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 2 April, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.) Question agreed to. Motion made, and Question...
That the draft Higher Education (Monetary Penalties and Refusal to Renew an Access and Participation Plan) (England) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 1 April, be...
That the Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 73), dated 17 January 2019, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 January, be...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 25), That this House, at its rising on Thursday 23 May, do adjourn until Tuesday 4 June 2019.—(Rebecca Harris.) Question agreed to.
Ordered, That at the sitting on Tuesday 14 May, paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 31 (Questions on amendments) shall apply to the Motions in the name of the Leader of the Opposition as if the...
Ordered, That Colin Clark be discharged from the Environmental Audit Committee and Derek Thomas be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Ordered, That Dr Philippa Whitford be discharged from the Health and Social Care Committee and Angela Crawley be added.—(Bill Wiggin, on behalf of the Selection Committee.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
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