Monday, 6 March 2023
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of eligible people claiming pension credit.
What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the state pension age on trends in the level of pensioner poverty.
What steps he is taking to reduce levels of economic inactivity among working-age people.
What estimate he has made of levels of economic inactivity in towns and cities.
What steps he is taking to support people aged 50 and over into employment.
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the fall in the level of single-parent employment between 2019 and 2022.
What steps his Department is taking to support pensioners with increases in living costs.
What steps his Department is taking to reduce benefit fraud.
What steps his Department is taking to support the most vulnerable households with increases in costs.
What steps his Department has taken to support disabled people with increases in costs.
How many people have received the pensioner cost of living payment in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) north Northamptonshire and (c) England.
What estimate he has made of levels of unemployment in towns and cities.
What assessment he has made of the state of industrial relations within his Department.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the impartiality of the civil service in the light of the proposed appointment of the second permanent secretary to...
With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement about the inquiry into the horrendous attack on Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017. I work closely with MI5. While its...
Before we come to the statement, I would like to point out that British Sign Language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on parliamentlive.tv.
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Starting early in 2020, the Government spent more than £1.5 million on opinion polls on public attitudes to covid. I feared at the time that...
Considered in Committee [Dame Rosie Winterton in the Chair] 6.27 pm
I beg to move amendment 4, page 2, line 10, leave out “ 30 April” and insert “ 1 April”. The intention of this amendment is that all payments under this Bill should be...
Amendment proposed: 2, page 2, line 27, at end insert “or— (ii) the person would have been entitled to a payment of at least 1p in respect of that period if the person had not been...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7)), That the following provisions shall apply to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill for the purpose of...
(1) Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their commencement.
(2) Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without any Question being put. (3) The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not previously...
Consideration of Lords amendments
I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.
Ordered, That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment of sums into the Consolidated...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2023, which were laid before this House on 2 February, be approved.—(Robert Largan.) Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Robert Largan.)
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