The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Conservative MP for Central Devon
Mel Stride is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.
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My Department does a great deal to support the long-term sick and disabled, including through universal credit and its health element, and through the personal independence payment, which is a contribution to the additional costs of sickness and disability.
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and the typical assiduity with which he takes up his constituency case. May I send my best wishes, and I am sure those of the whole House, to Ms Picton? I am happy to meet him to discuss in more detail the circumstances that he has described.
Of course, we always keep all benefits under review at the Department, including PIP and the assessment processes. As the hon. Lady points out, there is rightly an appeals process for those who are not happy with the conclusions of those assessments. We keep those under review, and I can reassure her that they represent a relatively small proportion of the total number of applications.
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Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election
Mel Stride campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC
Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.
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