Benefits & Welfare
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Recent PMQs Questions
View all 238PMQs 2026-04-29
Derby is a manufacturing powerhouse, but too many [4D [K many people in our city have not felt the benefit of that success. That is [K why tomorrow we are delighted to be launching Team Derby with our...
PMQs 2026-04-29
The Prime Minister does not want to say how many [K more people are out of work and claiming universal credit since he took off [3D [K office; perhaps he does not know: it is 1.5 million people. Hard-...
PMQs 2026-04-29
It is the end of this Session and what a contrast [8D [K contrast with the beginning. Back in July 2024, the Government Benches were [4D [K were full adoring new MPs asking sycophantic questions; yest...
PMQs 2026-04-29
Residents in my constituency and across Sandwell [K benefit from the lowest council tax in the west midlands and investment in [K new leisure centres and parks. All our libraries are kept open. Sandwe...
PMQs 2026-03-18
I associate myself with the comments and condolences of the Prime Minister in relation to those affected by the meningitis outbreak. New data shows that nearly 60% of hospices are considering cutting ...
PMQs 2026-03-11
As the Prime Minister knows, my mum proudly worked in the pot banks of Burslem and Tunstall, and she is watching at home right now. Tomorrow is International Day of Ceramics and that matters deeply to...
PMQs 2026-03-04
After decades of failing policies, my constituency has a chance to break the cycle of youth unemployment through the DWP youth initiative. Will the Prime Minister meet me to discuss this issue and sup...
PMQs 2026-03-04
Like the Prime Minister, I had the transformative benefit of a music education as a young person, although he had his some while before I had mine. [ “Ooh!”] After more than a decade of decline in mus...
PMQs 2026-02-25
The regeneration of Belper mills—a large site with buildings, including grade I listed ones dating from the start of the industrial revolution, at the heart of the east midlands' only UNESCO world her...
PMQs 2026-02-25
You want to distract from your own mess by talking about last government's failures. Youth unemployment is highest ever, monthly increases in unemployment under this Labour Government. No plan on stud...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 2345Violence against Women and Girls 2026-04-29
There have been a number of deeply disturbing cas [3D [K cases of women being targeted and attacked on the basis of their perceived [K religion, including two horrific cases in the midlands. What step...
Topical Questions 2026-04-28
I thank the Chancellor for her work to lift the t [1D [K two-child benefit cap, which was cruelly brought in by the Conservative Gov [3D [K Government. Does she agree that that is not only morally the...
Food Bank Usage Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2026-04-28
It is indeed a very exciting development to see the bold and vital steps taken to address child poverty, but runaway rental costs are driving hunger and hardship. Building council homes is obviously t...
Food Bank Usage Hornsey and Friern Barnet 2026-04-28
What fiscal steps she is taking to help reduce the level of food bank usage by families in Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency....
Conflict in the Middle East Cost of Living 2026-04-28
Given that national debt is around 95% of GDP and deb [3D [K debt interest costs are nearly 4% of GDP, does the Chancellor agree that it [2D [K it would be irresponsible to fund any cost of living sup...
Conflict in the Middle East Cost of Living 2026-04-28
The school holidays are approaching, many low-inc [7D [K low-income families in my constituency of Guildford are asking how they wil [3D [K will get through the summer with rising costs and conflicts ...
Cost of Living Wolverhampton West 2026-04-28
I thank the Chancellor for her condolences. I was [3D [K was at the site of the tragedy on Sunday laying flowers. One of my favourit [8D [K favourite places for lunch is the Pomegranate Café in my con...
Cost of Living Wolverhampton West 2026-04-28
What steps have you taken to help support people [K with the cost of living in Wolverhampton West constituency?...
State Pension Age Changes Compensation 2026-04-27
Can the Minister detail what the ombudsman found [K about the financial loss women suffered as a result of the delay in sending [7D [K sending out letters? Can he say what this Government are doing to...
State Pension Age Changes Compensation 2026-04-27
These women were not properly informed about chan [4D [K changes to their state pension. So said the PHSO on 21 March 2024, just in [K time for the election when many Labour Members promised to addres...