Ministerial statement on Monday, 11 October 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Iain Duncan Smith.

Welfare Reform

Statement on welfare reform.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 516 c34-48 (518 1-2MC)
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c45-6 (Link to this contribution) I guarantee that we have already reviewed the matter. Indeed, we inherited a review process, which t...; Edward Leigh | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) For years my right hon. Friend and I argued in opposition that marriage should not be discriminated ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. The only answer I can give is that during the past 10...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) We are looking at all of that. I have made available some £60 million for transitional funding for l...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I should not say this, but I think that it is Holland—I read that in a note. Some 20% of all...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c47 (Link to this contribution) The vast majority of people who are on benefits are not seeking to stay on benefits for the rest of ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c47 (Link to this contribution) The ILF, which we inherited, had been underfunded and was consequently overspent—literally on the da...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c46-7 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that my hon. Friend sees it like that, because that is exactly how I see it. Of course, th...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is worried about the drip, drip, drip on the 20th of this month, I should tell...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c43 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor made a statement in a television studio, but he made a statement to the country and m...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) I made the point that we also have to balance taxpayers' requirements alongside those of people on b...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c43 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman may know, I have already visited Northern Ireland to discuss these matters wit...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c46 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes exactly the right point: for too long, Governments of both colours were content...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c46 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure what the hon. Gentleman is moaning about. Two cities are in the pilot, one in England ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) We will certainly ensure that we look at that suggestion.; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c45 (Link to this contribution) Let me repeat the figures that I gave. Of all those who have been migrated through the system, about...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c45 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very important point. I can guarantee to him that we have already been doing...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right that child benefit has been and will continue to be a very effective mechanis...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) He may be after my hon. Friend's vote, in which case we will have to do some quiet talking. It is a ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c38-40 (Link to this contribution) I thank the shadow Secretary of State. May I answer a few of his particular questions? First, I than...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c34-6 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on welfare reform. Let me start by w...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c43 (Link to this contribution) I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman's reading of this. ... I have been doing the figures, actual...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c42 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I agree. That is exactly the point of all the changes that we are making, and the Under-Secreta...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) I can give the undertaking to my hon. Friend that all those issues will be reviewed with that team. ...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c42 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman refers to the benefit cap, as announced last week. I think that it is fair....; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c41 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. I make a point of agreeing with him on many things. The changes to chil...; Iain Duncan Smith | 516 c41 (Link to this contribution) I respect the right hon. Gentleman enormously, and he knows that, but I am afraid that he is living ...; Bridget Phillipson | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) Has the Secretary of State considered the impact of the benefits cap on homelessness provision, incl...; Philip Hollobone | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) My constituents will be horrified to hear from the Secretary of State that Britain has the highest r...; Pete Wishart | 516 c46 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State please explain why a large swathe of Scotland is being used for the Con-...; Peter Bone | 516 c43 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement today. I do not think that anyone in the House is m...; Lord Harrington of Watford | 516 c47 (Link to this contribution) I and most of my unemployed constituents to whom I have spoken favour what my right hon. Friend has ...; Tristram Hunt | 516 c47 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State give us some assurance about the future of the independent living fund? ...; Tony Lloyd | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) If the Secretary of State recognises that this period of uncertainty is very stressful for people on...; Margot James | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) My question pertains to the upper limit of £26,000 on welfare payments. My right hon. Friend stated ...; Mark Durkan | 516 c43 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State recognise that many of us represent places where the problem is a lack o...; Natascha Engel | 516 c44-5 (Link to this contribution) There has been a huge increase in the number of people coming to my surgeries and saying that, havin...; Richard Fuller | 516 c45 (Link to this contribution) Many of us welcome the Secretary of State's efforts to tackle the scourge of worklessness and to end...; Sheila Gilmore | 516 c45 (Link to this contribution) Given the large number of my constituents and many others who had problems with the work capability ...; Jake Berry | 516 c46 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that many responsible employers, including those in my constituency, a...; Kate Green | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) Universal child benefit is the most effective benefit for reaching the poorest children, more effect...; Harriett Baldwin | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) As a Back-Bench MP, I receive child benefit. Prior to entering the House, I was even better paid and...; Speaker | 516 c40 (Link to this contribution) Order. A great many right hon. and hon. Members are seeking to catch my eye, and there is a well sub...; Douglas Alexander | 516 c36-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for advance sight of it. I thank him also for h...; Jeremy Corbyn | 516 c42-3 (Link to this contribution) I want to take the Secretary of State back to the point raised by my right hon. Friend the Member fo...; Michael Meacher | 516 c42 (Link to this contribution) Is it fair and reasonable to impose a fixed arbitrary limit on the total level of benefits that a fa...; Oliver Heald | 516 c42 (Link to this contribution) For a generation, disability campaigners have pressed for more jobs for people with disabilities, ye...; Malcolm Wicks | 516 c41 (Link to this contribution) When, in the mid-1970s, the decision was taken to merge the child tax allowance, which broadly benef...; Stephen Lloyd | 516 c41 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the Secretary of State's commitment, through the work capability assessment, to include...; Lord Mann | 516 c48 (Link to this contribution) The Office for Budget Responsibility has projected a net increase of 700,000 EU migrant workers duri...; Sajid Javid | 516 c46 (Link to this contribution) I paid a visit to my local jobcentre in Bromsgrove earlier this month, and I learned from the advise...; John Hemming | 516 c44 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on the proposals for the universal credit, which will make it ...
Notes: Letter of correction printed 11 November 2010 volume 518 c1-2MC
Subjects: Benefits rules Contracts for services Expenditure Employment schemes Incapacity benefit Medical examinations Payments Reform Unemployment Social security benefits Social security Welfare tax credits Work capability assessment
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