Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 16 March 2009.
Sally Keeble
Labour, Northampton North
2:30,
16 March 2009
Will my hon. Friend look again at the people who are entitled to claim SMI? It is linked to income-based jobseeker's allowance, whereas most of my constituents who lose their jobs are on contribution-based JSA and, as a result, are under real pressure and are losing their homes. Will she instead consider that it might be linked to the tax credit system, so that more help can be given more effectively to my constituents who face losing their homes?