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Monday 7 December 2015 Meeting started at 2.34pm, ended 10.30pm

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Channel:
1
House:
Commons
Location:
Commons Chamber
Event Type:
Main chamber
Production:
TV

  • Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  • Q1. What progress he has made on reducing the number of people in workless households. (902559)

    Dr Phillip Lee MP (Bracknell, Conservative)

  • Q2. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of young people who are long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement. (902560)

    Mr Graham Allen MP (Nottingham North, Labour)

  • Q3. Whether he plans for benefit sanctions to be applicable to people referred to the proposed Work and Health Programme. (902561)

    Kate Hollern MP (Blackburn, Labour)

  • Q4. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the trial of locating jobcentre advisers at food banks. (902562)

    Diana Johnson MP (Kingston upon Hull North, Labour)

  • Q5. What steps he is taking to encourage people on low pay to progress through training. (902563)

    Neil Carmichael MP (Stroud, Conservative)

  • Q6. What estimate he has made of the proportion of working families likely to be affected by the Government's reforms to benefits. (902564)

    Mr Stephen Hepburn MP (Jarrow, Labour)

  • Q7. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to housing benefit announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on people under 35. (902565)

    Melanie Onn MP (Great Grimsby, Labour)

  • Q8. What progress he has made in rolling out universal credit; and if he will make a statement. (902567)

    Helen Whately MP (Faversham and Mid Kent, Conservative)

  • Q9. What the cost to the public purse of implementation of universal credit has been to date; and how many people have been enrolled on universal credit. (902568)

    Mr Jim Cunningham MP (Coventry South, Labour)

  • Q10. What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the trial of locating jobcentre advisers at food banks. (902569)

    Rt Hon David Hanson MP (Delyn, Labour)

  • Q11. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of paying universal credit to households rather than individuals on women experiencing financial abuse. (902570)

    Owen Thompson MP (Midlothian, Scottish National Party)

  • Q12. What steps he is taking to ensure that earnings limits applicable to benefits are well publicised. (902571)

    Kirsten Oswald MP (East Renfrewshire, Scottish National Party)

  • Q13. What recent representations he has received on the discretion which may be exercised by his Department's staff when recovering benefit overpayments. (902572)

    Kevin Brennan MP (Cardiff West, Labour)

  • Q14. What progress he has made in reducing the rate of youth unemployment. (902573)

    Alan Mak MP (Havant, Conservative)

  • Q15. What progress he has made in reducing the rate of unemployment. (902574)

    James Morris MP (Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Conservative)

  • Q16. What assessment he has made of the ease of use for jobseekers and benefits claimants with learning difficulties of digital resources used in Jobcentre Plus offices. (902575)

    Charlotte Leslie MP (Bristol North West, Conservative)

  • Q17. What his policy is on requiring injured veterans to attend work capability assessments. (902576)

    Jo Churchill MP (Bury St Edmunds, Conservative)

  • Q18. What progress he has made in rolling out universal credit; and if he will make a statement. (902577)

    Nigel Mills MP (Amber Valley, Conservative)

  • Q19. What progress he has made on increasing the number of people with disabilities who are in work; and if he will make a statement. (902579)

    Mr William Wragg MP (Hazel Grove, Conservative)

  • Q20. What progress he has made on the auto-enrolment of people onto workplace pensions. (902580)

    Sir Henry Bellingham MP (North West Norfolk, Conservative)

  • Q21. When his Department next plans to publish information on people who have died after undergoing work capability assessments. (902581)

    Tommy Sheppard MP (Edinburgh East, Scottish National Party)

  • Q22. What assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to housing benefit announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on people under 35. (902582)

    Teresa Pearce MP (Erith and Thamesmead, Labour)

  • Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

  • Statement: Flooding

  • Legislation: Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] - Report stage

  • Legislation: Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] - 3rd reading

  • House of Commons Members' Fund (Motion)

  • Adjournment: Development of domestic oil purchasing syndicates

    Mr Mark Williams MP (Ceredigion, Liberal Democrat)

  • 17:22:33

    Mr Graham Allen MP (Nottingham North, Labour)