Proceeding contribution from Liam Byrne (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

Not at all. The point that we are making is about the way in which this reform has been adopted and steamrollered through, and about the lack of consultation between the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department for Work and Pensions. This has been so mismanaged that many people—the Mayor of London, Shelter, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government—are now saying that the cost of housing benefit could go up. Surely that is not the DWP's intention. We need a bit more detail about a policy that might actually deliver the necessary savings on housing benefit.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 524 c946-7
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Disability Disability living allowance Care homes Childcare Disadvantaged Cancer Capital rules Housing benefit Employment Eligibility Incapacity benefit Medical examinations Maintenance Low incomes Private rented housing Lone parents Universal credit Reform Social security benefits Social security Social Fund Self-employed Sanctions Uprating Employment and support allowance Personal independence payment
Legislation: Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Welfare Reform Bill

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