One of our key focuses would be economic inactivity, which has fallen by 45% since its peak: down by 140,000 in the last quarter alone. Another focus is bearing down on fraud; it has fallen by some 10% across our benefits system since we published our fraud plan in May last year.

A universal basic income is not the way to proceed, and it is certainly not something that the Government are considering. Our approach is to ensure that work always pays, and incentivise work.

I am happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman in any pub that he cares to name, and I am sure we will have a very convivial evening.

The right hon. Gentleman is right that inactivity is increasing among the long-term sick and disabled, while it is reducing in others. We have White Paper plans to ensure we focus on what those who are long-term sick can do at work.

This Government are focused on making sure that work pays for all parents. My right hon. Friend will be pleased to know that I will take up the specific concern about nursery charging models and ensure that the matter is raised with the Department for Education.

I do not think they are. Also, the triple lock is very proudly a Conservative policy.

As my hon. Friend will be aware, the Treasury has made it clear that there will not be a significant fiscal intervention around mortgages.

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the challenges that disabled people face with the cost of living, but it is important to recognise that many disabled people receive various aspects of the wider package of support.

I am sure the hon. Gentleman will note that pensioner poverty has gone down by 200,000 in absolute terms since 2010.

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman; I opened my door to him as soon as he requested and had him and his colleagues in for a discussion. We continue to consider those matters as part of the general policy going forward, and I will keep him informed of news as it may or may not occur.

The plan is in addition to the national disability strategy. We as a Government disagree with the position that the Court has taken regarding consultation. We have been given permission to appeal, and we are appealing. The disability action plan is about short-term measures that we can get on and deliver.

I congratulate the hon. Lady on the new addition. New statistics on food bank usage will help the Government to understand the characteristics of the people most in need, and we will continue to work across Government to support the most vulnerable. I was very interested to read the recent “Child of the North” report, which we are taking very seriously.

What we are learning from our European neighbours is that this is a common problem. In fact, food price inflation in Germany, Portugal and other countries is higher than it is here. Rather than intervening in markets, as some are spuriously suggesting, and taking us back to the prices and incomes policies of the 1970s, we have entered discussions with the supermarkets, some of which have recently suggested that they will be able to lower prices, or lower the rate of increase in some prices, on the more essential items.

I thank the hon. Lady for her question. I have fond memories of serving with her on the Treasury Committee. We always keep sanctions under review, but I am currently satisfied that they are broadly operating in an effective and proportionate manner. The hon. Lady mentions inflation on essential foods, and I point her to the cost of living payments, which are very significant, equivalent to £3,000 per family over the two-year period in which they will apply. The energy price guarantee has been extended until June, and there is a rise in the national living wage.

I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Gentleman on the importance of sensitive language, particularly for the most vulnerable and particularly in the circumstances he describes of someone who is recently bereaved. I will most definitely take away the specific issue he raises and look at it extremely carefully.

The Government are supporting the private Member's Bill that aims to streamline CMS enforcement processes. The CMS will not hesitate to use robust enforcement measures where someone is consistently refusing to meet their obligation towards their children. I am happy to look at that case and ask my colleague in the Lords to look at it.

I would be happy to meet the hon. Lady to discuss the issue of statutory sick pay, and, of course, we always keep these matters under review.