Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day] — Housing Benefit

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:28 pm on 12 November 2013.

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Photo of Steve Webb Steve Webb The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 5:28, 12 November 2013

My hon. Friend is making a thoughtful speech. I assume that he has a Labour-run local authority. If it has told him that the money for discretionary housing payments has run out, will he ask it why it has not applied for our additional funding? It appears not to have done so.