Benefit Sanctions — [Mark Pritchard in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:46 pm on 13 December 2022.

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Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Labour, Hayes and Harlington 3:46, 13 December 2022

I do not want to stop the Minister’s flow, other than to correct him: there is no Member here from Slough. I may have missed his answer to this question, but why has there been an increase in the number of sanctions on such a scale, even compared with pre-pandemic levels? Could he answer the question that we have all asked?