What assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of Budget 2021. The MP noted that since the start of the pandemic, the government's priority has been protecting lives and livelihoods with ongoing support measures like extending the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit. He referenced total welfare spending standing at an estimated £238 billion for 2020-21, representing 11.4% of GDP. He also mentioned the Budget confirmed ongoing measures including the restart programme.

The SNP has pressed UK Ministers on this countless times. Will the Secretary of State now answer a simple yes or no question: Did she ask the Chancellor to extend the £20 uplift to legacy benefits in the Budget? The MP stated that people claiming legacy benefits have been denied the extra £20 per week since March last year.

Does the Secretary of State not accept that increasing universal credit by £20 a week as soon as lockdown was imposed is a clear indication that its underlying rate is inadequate? I defy anyone on the Conservative Benches to live on universal credit for more than a few weeks, never mind two to three years. Will she now accept that the underlying rate of universal credit is utterly inadequate and should be made permanent with immediate effect?

Pensioners have seen their life savings disappear after becoming victims of dreadful scams online and on the telephone. The Government says they want to protect savers, but there is mounting evidence that they are failing to act sufficiently. Will she explain how these scams happened and commit to taking further action against scams online?

In extending the £20 uplift for six months, the Government concedes that without it, universal credit is insufficient. The MP wants clarification on why claimants should move from legacy benefits to universal credit when disabled people were not worthy of the £20 uplift and might be worse off.