Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:20 pm on 7th December 2022.
Darren Jones
Chair, Business and Trade Committee, Chair, Business and Trade Committee, Chair, BEIS Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment, Chair, BEIS Sub-Committee on National Security and Investment
1:20 pm,
7th December 2022
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.
I welcome the announcements made today, which were recommended in my Committee’s interim report on compensation and by many others, and I welcome the appointments of my right hon. Friend Mr Jones and Lord Arbuthnot in the other place. In respect of the benefit disregards, can the Secretary of state confirm when the statutory instrument will be tabled? It will not take long to do, and it should be done quickly. Can he also confirm that while we are waiting for the benefit disregards to come into force, the victims who suffer loss as a consequence of that will be given additional compensation to cover the deductions from their benefits and pension payments?
