:00:08. > :00:12.Hello and welcome to BBC Parliament live coverage from the House of
:00:13. > :00:20.Commons. And in our time there will be an urgent question but a deputy
:00:21. > :00:23.leader in connection with the EU referendum. After that MPs will
:00:24. > :00:28.spend the rest of the day debating the remaining stages of the energy
:00:29. > :00:47.bill. But now live to the House of Commons.
:00:48. > :00:56.Order order. The clock will now proceed to read the title of the
:00:57. > :01:05.private bill sat down for this day. Further consideration for Bill as
:01:06. > :01:12.amended. What day? Monday the 21st of March. Monday the 21st of March,
:01:13. > :01:22.thank you. Order, questions to the Secretary of State for Work and
:01:23. > :01:26.Pensions. The Secretary of State. As a result of our reforms I can say
:01:27. > :01:33.honourable gentleman that number of people and work is at a record high.
:01:34. > :01:38.A number of work is household is also a record low. The number of
:01:39. > :01:43.children living in borderless households is record low. On a
:01:44. > :01:50.bulimia for the lowest level in a decade and employment for women and
:01:51. > :01:56.that a record high. It is not about work is not low income. If you are
:01:57. > :02:07.in work that does not pale enough to learn -- earn a living. The latest
:02:08. > :02:16.changes from the system will make it difficult or impossible for them to
:02:17. > :02:23.live to the end of their lives. Does he not accept the changes that's
:02:24. > :02:29.start with a target saving... Is worth reminding him that he talked
:02:30. > :02:35.about my comments and answers to him concerning work. Work is the best
:02:36. > :02:40.route out of poverty and by getting people back to work we're getting
:02:41. > :02:45.people out of poverty. It is worth him that poverty has fallen both for
:02:46. > :02:49.adults and children. That is the critical bit. The changes and
:02:50. > :02:55.reforms we are making are helping people to get beyond dependency and
:02:56. > :02:58.back into full-time work. Can my right honourable friend confirmed
:02:59. > :03:03.that he latest low income statistics show the percentage of individuals
:03:04. > :03:10.and children in low income is that is lowest levels since the 1980s? I
:03:11. > :03:15.can say to my Honorable friend that it is worth noting that income
:03:16. > :03:23.inequality is lower than 2009 and ten. For all the complaining that
:03:24. > :03:28.goes on the other side under Labour inequality rose the highest levels
:03:29. > :03:34.has ever been. But the Secretary of State will know that research
:03:35. > :03:38.analysis from the House of Commons libraries shows that three in four
:03:39. > :03:43.people who are currently receiving tax credits will see that in a work
:03:44. > :03:48.support reduced when they are naturally migrated over to Universal
:03:49. > :03:52.credits. What is the Secretary of State got to say to those millions
:03:53. > :03:59.of workers who will see there in work support revised downwards? As I
:04:00. > :04:02.have made clear on a number of occasions and even migrating across
:04:03. > :04:08.from tax credits will see no change to those incomes, we have made that
:04:09. > :04:15.clear. It is worth reminding him because his party seems to...
:04:16. > :04:19.Universal credit in the latest research are much more likely to go
:04:20. > :04:22.into work and they would be other jobseeker's allowance and then
:04:23. > :04:27.moving to work faster and stay in work longer and they earn more
:04:28. > :04:31.money. Those are major positives for people who are trying hard and
:04:32. > :04:37.working unlike the last Labour government that penalised anyone who
:04:38. > :04:46.wanted to go to work. I report published just yesterday from the
:04:47. > :04:52.women's budget group are going to be more aggressive than its Coalition
:04:53. > :04:56.predecessor. Single women and single female pensioners will see their
:04:57. > :05:07.standard of living produced by an average of 23% by 2020. His the pile
:05:08. > :05:12.-- policies are negatively impacting women. But a good way policy that is
:05:13. > :05:16.fair and equitable? I think the honourable gentleman that we have
:05:17. > :05:18.had lots of forecasts and most of them have been wrong. Even the
:05:19. > :05:23.forecast about child poverty has been wrong. It is worth reminding
:05:24. > :05:30.him that with reforms that we brought through including the
:05:31. > :05:35.national living wage was boosted by ?900 for full-time workers who are
:05:36. > :05:44.currently on wage. It is raising 212,500 on low income and there is
:05:45. > :05:49.generous childcare. Euros a credit now makes those parents better off
:05:50. > :05:54.than they ever would have been before that is why more people are
:05:55. > :05:58.going to work. That answer will not provide a crumb for comfort for is
:05:59. > :06:01.being hammered by a Social Security cuts up and down this country. Today
:06:02. > :06:05.hybrids into the Chancellor highlighting the devastating impact
:06:06. > :06:14.that cuts to ESA and universal credits will have two disabled and
:06:15. > :06:20.sick recipients. This is ?1.4 billion and yet just ?100 million is
:06:21. > :06:29.set aside for the white paper on health and work. Does he agree with
:06:30. > :06:32.me that white paper must be resourced to provide direct
:06:33. > :06:35.financial resource to sick and disabled people. Can he find the
:06:36. > :06:39.confirm when a white paper will be published? It will be published well
:06:40. > :06:46.before the summer break. I also cut back to him as they set of thereon.
:06:47. > :06:49.It is worth reminding him half of living on welfare and public
:06:50. > :06:56.services still goes to the poorest 40% even as it did to 2009 at ten
:06:57. > :07:08.and is also important to note that no change in spending is projected
:07:09. > :07:14.to be lost... Becomes from the Scottish Nationalists who are in the
:07:15. > :07:17.government we now face deficit which would have ruined them it had they
:07:18. > :07:20.gone from independents. Not once do we hear about the tough choices they
:07:21. > :07:28.would have to have about their deficit. Politics is always about
:07:29. > :07:36.choices. About priorities and about values. We saw the values in the
:07:37. > :07:42.priorities this last week and laid bare. Their decision to implement a
:07:43. > :07:49.so-called welfare reform that would see ?1.2 billion Company incomes of
:07:50. > :07:53.disabled people to pay for a tax cut for top rate taxpayers. Kenny
:07:54. > :07:57.Secretary of State come back to the dispatch box and described that
:07:58. > :08:05.honestly as a welfare reform and he justified those choices? The changes
:08:06. > :08:09.that have been announced are actually about changing and
:08:10. > :08:13.reforming and improving what goes to those who most needed in busy
:08:14. > :08:18.disability allowance. The key point about this which has been made by my
:08:19. > :08:22.Honorable friend is that we put a consultation out long before the
:08:23. > :08:27.Christmas period and the opposition had the opportunity to make their
:08:28. > :08:31.submissions and he did. We listen to all of the submissions that came
:08:32. > :08:36.back and as a result of this omissions we are not implementing
:08:37. > :08:39.any of the first four options. It is right to continue to recognise aids
:08:40. > :08:43.and appliances and all the activities that we did but with a
:08:44. > :08:48.change and activity five and six we are changing numbers to two and one.
:08:49. > :08:55.That three to three which has always been awarded to aids and appliances.
:08:56. > :08:59.Activities five and six are less reliable. This all came on the back
:09:00. > :09:03.of an independent review published just after the last election asking
:09:04. > :09:07.us to look again at the way these indicators are used, we have done
:09:08. > :09:16.that and in fairness I believe this is the right way to go. May I for
:09:17. > :09:21.the house translator with the secretary has just said? What he
:09:22. > :09:29.means is that he is going to take away ?1.2 billion company eroding
:09:30. > :09:35.access to universal independence payments for 200,000 people and
:09:36. > :09:40.cutting it by a third from ?7,250 for a further 450,000 people. People
:09:41. > :09:45.who are unable quite often to use the toilet or get dressed unaided.
:09:46. > :09:51.That comes on top of the cuts two ESA that went to the house last
:09:52. > :09:55.week. Before I came here this afternoon I asked disabled people
:09:56. > :10:00.what question they would like to ask and one answer stood out. It was
:10:01. > :10:08.quite simply how does he sleep at night? Can I remind the honourable
:10:09. > :10:11.gentleman under this government spending on sickness and disability
:10:12. > :10:20.benefits has risen every year. We spend over ?50 billion which is more
:10:21. > :10:34.than any other OECD countries as Germany. We will continue to see
:10:35. > :10:38.spending on pet rise every year. What we had done to reform this is
:10:39. > :10:42.to make sure those in need get the full support that they do to ensure
:10:43. > :10:46.the way the wiki which it's fair to everybody and this represents 6% of
:10:47. > :10:51.all government spending which I have to say I am of because I reforming
:10:52. > :10:55.the economy and reforming welfare we can get the money to those that most
:10:56. > :11:04.needed. Unlike when they were in government a lot of promises, a
:11:05. > :11:09.broken economy, and cuts all around. With permission I would like to
:11:10. > :11:18.answer this question with question number 12 and 16. This committed...
:11:19. > :11:25.We now see real-time spending increase and in the last year under
:11:26. > :11:31.52,000 disabled people into employment and we will support more
:11:32. > :11:34.disabled people into work. I recently met the kids learning
:11:35. > :11:37.disability partnership and bubo there with disabilities told me they
:11:38. > :11:40.are keen to work into working the government support for this. They
:11:41. > :11:45.asked me whether the government would consider following the example
:11:46. > :11:49.of the NHS and introducing a successful information stated. They
:11:50. > :11:52.said they found the communications for my Honorable friend public
:11:53. > :11:56.department often too confusing and would like to be easy understand. I
:11:57. > :12:10.think my Honorable friend that a very powerful point. I lost a task
:12:11. > :12:16.force that included many people to look at the specific issue and I
:12:17. > :12:22.would be delighted if my Honorable friend joined the task force. Can I
:12:23. > :12:27.urge the Minister to bring forward the white paper on employment
:12:28. > :12:33.support for those on disabilities as soon as possible. I take note of the
:12:34. > :12:37.Secretary of State's response. It has been some slippage on that.
:12:38. > :12:40.Could he outlined what provisions they white paper will contain on
:12:41. > :12:46.integrating employment and health support? I think my Honorable friend
:12:47. > :12:51.and we'll be publishing the white paper which will be supporting those
:12:52. > :12:57.with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Ways of
:12:58. > :13:09.engagement employers to have this up Billy employment gap this is an
:13:10. > :13:16.exciting opportunity. Superb work the Salvation Army Doctor Mike
:13:17. > :13:21.consistency but also the fact that I myself... Could he Mr expand on
:13:22. > :13:34.specifically what more his department could do to engagement
:13:35. > :13:39.employers? There is a mid 50 cross party MPs doing that and supporting
:13:40. > :13:45.our work to have the disability upon the gap. When I have funding for an
:13:46. > :13:56.additional 25,000 places on top power near record 30,000 that we
:13:57. > :14:08.currently hold. Do you wish to comment on this question? You may or
:14:09. > :14:14.may not get to 21. Last Friday we heard that additional ?1.2 billion
:14:15. > :14:29.would be kept from the budget. That translated 2000 thousand pound a
:14:30. > :14:35.year less. ... We are continuing to make improvements for the claimant
:14:36. > :14:38.across the assessment process and at the end of this Parliament will
:14:39. > :14:47.continue to see increased number is going to the system and benefiting
:14:48. > :14:50.from PIP. It is occasionally a mechanism for kicking the can down
:14:51. > :14:52.the road but I would like to the Minister credit for his good
:14:53. > :14:57.intentions on this particular aspect. I asked them to add to that
:14:58. > :15:03.list for consult he is the role of the British Legion good is the days
:15:04. > :15:10.a real issue for ex-servicemen and women having a real difficulty. It
:15:11. > :15:20.is something we're already doing work and I was happy to discuss the
:15:21. > :15:27.issue further. The government has sunk to a new low with this kind to
:15:28. > :15:33.personal independence payments. By 2020 640,000 disabled people will
:15:34. > :15:43.have their personal independence payments cut. A third by 2000 865
:15:44. > :15:46.pounds a year. Stripping and disabled people of the independence
:15:47. > :15:55.and dignity. This is on top of the ?24 billion cut to four million
:15:56. > :15:58.people since 2012. What are the government's estimates of how these
:15:59. > :16:06.disabled people will be in work and how many will be unable to work as a
:16:07. > :16:10.consequence of these cuts? PIP is about the extra costs for those that
:16:11. > :16:16.disability would face. He made these changes on the back of independent
:16:17. > :16:23.review published highlighted about the concerns of aids and appliances.
:16:24. > :16:28.We saw a tripling of the number of claimants were of able to access
:16:29. > :16:32.this purely on aid and appliances. Including feedback from you
:16:33. > :16:36.Honorable member herself and for that reason aids and appliances will
:16:37. > :16:42.be taken into account across all eight of the daily living
:16:43. > :16:49.components. By the end of this Parliament there will be even more
:16:50. > :16:54.benefiting from the PIP system. Again I am afraid that it is a
:16:55. > :17:05.nonanswer. A hallmark of this dodgy inept, and in just government. So
:17:06. > :17:10.Social Security spending on disabled people as a percentage on GDP is now
:17:11. > :17:15.lower than it was in 1960. The conservative manifesto for last
:17:16. > :17:21.general election pledged that the card Social Security support for
:17:22. > :17:24.disabled people. How and why has the government gone back on this
:17:25. > :17:33.commitments and how much more to the big disabled people will be able to
:17:34. > :17:47.take? 6% of government spending is more than our police and defence
:17:48. > :17:55.budgets combined. With permission I will enter question three and 15
:17:56. > :17:58.together. Demi is a busy is one of the main drivers of poverty.
:17:59. > :18:06.Unstable families are more likely to have low incomes. Is from at the
:18:07. > :18:11.heart of are doing in government and doubling the amount of free child
:18:12. > :18:16.care and support. I welcome the government determination to tackle
:18:17. > :18:21.the root causes of poverty. With respect to the doubling of funding
:18:22. > :18:36.for relationship support scheme could be Secretary of State -- state
:18:37. > :18:39.tell the house... My Honorable friend is vastly right and I pay
:18:40. > :18:48.tribute to the work that he has done hugely in backing this up and
:18:49. > :18:55.supporting it. We're clear here that any new or extended support that we
:18:56. > :19:03.provide me to be accessible by all families no matter where they are or
:19:04. > :19:05.their genes. I can guarantee to him that is the number one priority to
:19:06. > :19:12.make sure that everyone who need to get that. The message violence is a
:19:13. > :19:17.stain on our society and often a cause of family instability am a
:19:18. > :19:21.Southern innocent abuse service supports this terms of domestic
:19:22. > :19:26.violence providing help in a community as an alternative to
:19:27. > :19:30.fleeing for refuge. This often more costly and disruptive to the family.
:19:31. > :19:34.My Honorable friend join me in congratulating the service for the
:19:35. > :19:43.vital and important work that they do? I certainly do. I myself have
:19:44. > :19:57.absolutely been in the house to try and improve people in the layers...
:19:58. > :20:00.This government has backed this up because we have now tripled the
:20:01. > :20:04.amount of money going to these kind of organizations now would be happy
:20:05. > :20:12.to meet them and congratulate myself. If you look at the current
:20:13. > :20:16.poverty the data of those households where there is a parent in work and
:20:17. > :20:20.one parent is available for part-time work there are almost no
:20:21. > :20:27.poor children. What lesson does he draw from that? We want more people
:20:28. > :20:32.to get back into work because the household with work at the household
:20:33. > :20:36.more likely to be out of poverty. I pay tribute to the right honourable
:20:37. > :20:43.friend because he has done a huge amount of work on this. We're making
:20:44. > :20:48.sure that people get it to work and increase child hit -- childcare to
:20:49. > :20:51.get more women into work to boost household income. Universal credit
:20:52. > :20:56.also ensures the first person that work is better off that sense that
:20:57. > :21:04.improves the likelihood of the household having more income and
:21:05. > :21:07.less poverty. The question is the wrong around because I would like
:21:08. > :21:10.the Secretary of State to explain how increasing levels of poverty
:21:11. > :21:17.under his government are effecting spamming stability and how he might
:21:18. > :21:24.answer that? Edited thousand fewer people in relative poverty including
:21:25. > :21:30.people that her children. It is always awkward when the facts don't
:21:31. > :21:34.bear out the rhetoric. It is the lowest of the 1980s, income
:21:35. > :21:38.inequality is lower than when his government left office and household
:21:39. > :21:43.disposable income is ?1500 higher than two years ago. It is improving
:21:44. > :21:48.and it is not good enough, we will get further and further. The work
:21:49. > :21:54.that we will doing to get people into work is the route that pays.
:21:55. > :21:59.That is the route out of poverty. Instead of carping I wish they would
:22:00. > :22:07.support it. Independent review seven carried out for work capability
:22:08. > :22:14.assistant. It was undertaken and published December 24 2014 in been
:22:15. > :22:19.five independent reviews of the work capability assessment. Disabled
:22:20. > :22:24.people and particularly those with mental health challenges is
:22:25. > :22:28.exacerbating their ill health. Even to the point of wanting to take
:22:29. > :22:32.their own life. These constituents are vulnerable and fragile. This is
:22:33. > :22:39.further made worse by changes and benefits and financial hardship and
:22:40. > :22:41.threats to future cuts. With the Secretary of State ordered an
:22:42. > :22:44.independent review to the mental health challenges on the impact of
:22:45. > :22:51.the system from the service uses perspective? Following from Doctor
:22:52. > :22:59.Litchfield recommendations we are improving training for staff and
:23:00. > :23:07.into the jobs that stores we are improving conditions. In view of
:23:08. > :23:13.Friday potluck statement what is the government has a compulsive need to
:23:14. > :23:16.head out disabled people at every opportunity. Doesn't he realise how
:23:17. > :23:24.difficult it is for these people to lead their lives and at the same
:23:25. > :23:28.time their income is being undermined by the government. This
:23:29. > :23:34.in only be described by an ongoing war against the disabled. I sadly
:23:35. > :23:38.don't accept that we are increasing the numbers of people who are
:23:39. > :23:42.benefiting from the PIP system we are continuing to improve the
:23:43. > :23:46.claimants journey and we work with the stakeholders to make sure that
:23:47. > :23:53.is not happening. We will be spending more money in this area
:23:54. > :23:57.that we are today. One of my constituents is registered as blind
:23:58. > :24:01.and yet he has been denied access to central work equipment to help him
:24:02. > :24:05.work through the access to work scheme, the reason given that able
:24:06. > :24:10.bottled people will also be able to use the equipment. I am interested
:24:11. > :24:17.to know that what equipment coded able-bodied person cannot use that a
:24:18. > :24:21.blind person could. We look into cases of others to faces the same
:24:22. > :24:25.difficulty? I would very happily into that. Because that goes into
:24:26. > :24:31.the broader issue that we are not helping 38,000 year was as close to
:24:32. > :24:41.record numbers. We just secured funding for a further 20 5000. It is
:24:42. > :24:45.also how vulnerable the asking -- access to work scheme has been in
:24:46. > :24:55.getting him to work. His in new employee about his needs. It is a
:24:56. > :24:59.truly valuable and supporting people such as my constituents. That is why
:25:00. > :25:06.we were so delighted to secure the extra funding for a father 25,000
:25:07. > :25:14.places I would encourage employers take advantage of this scheme. The
:25:15. > :25:20.rapid response service delivers tailored support for individuals and
:25:21. > :25:23.those communities affected by large-scale redundancies. The
:25:24. > :25:35.service was made to help steelworkers. I think the Minister
:25:36. > :25:42.for the answer but a few weeks ago we had many jobs to be lost
:25:43. > :25:46.alongside of us what support had the department provided to those 13
:25:47. > :25:54.individuals and their families? My Honorable friend is right to raise
:25:55. > :25:58.that. I was support for the rapid response service in the department
:25:59. > :26:02.team was offered to tartare and I was following the announcement of
:26:03. > :26:08.the job losses. Given those individuals that it's very difficult
:26:09. > :26:11.time support tour through our DWP network guidance on Java vacations
:26:12. > :26:25.and training and support enabled them to get to work all over again.
:26:26. > :26:29.Universal credit is rolling out the live service in other 90% of job
:26:30. > :26:33.centres. As with reminding everybody that it is now complete in London
:26:34. > :26:37.and Paris surely by the end this month into the next universal credit
:26:38. > :26:42.will be an average job centre in the country. The Secretary made
:26:43. > :26:49.reference to unreliable projections earlier. 8 million people would be
:26:50. > :26:55.on universal credit. DWP confirmed last week that less people are on
:26:56. > :27:00.universal credit a staggeringly pathetic success rate of 4.4%. Is
:27:01. > :27:05.the only reason that they're pushing out now is to deliver the tax credit
:27:06. > :27:14.can't know ahead thousands of working families and isn't it
:27:15. > :27:27.I'd bet that look good when he wrote it down. It's utter rubbish. Mr
:27:28. > :27:31.Speaker I hope he does not think it is rubbish. I just visited this
:27:32. > :27:36.morning with Steve Shirley what a wonderful place world young people
:27:37. > :27:40.with autism are prepared for work. I have very concerned when the
:27:41. > :27:45.universal credit... They have already seen in the personal plan
:27:46. > :27:50.education not being allowed. So many of these young people remember
:27:51. > :27:53.autism cost this country 34 billion a year. If you don't get pushing
:27:54. > :28:00.people into employment that some will increase. The misery of
:28:01. > :28:03.families will also increase. Ill night I said to be honoured with
:28:04. > :28:06.gentlemen absolutely he's right. Autism is a real problem and want to
:28:07. > :28:10.help as much as we can with those young people and adults who actually
:28:11. > :28:14.have this problem. Where universal credit does actually lend itself
:28:15. > :28:17.easily to this is unlike in the past, where they've gone from
:28:18. > :28:20.jobseeker's allowance to working tax credits, they would have gone by
:28:21. > :28:23.themselves and had no advice or help or support once at work. The
:28:24. > :28:26.universal credit adviser will stay with them all the way. What is
:28:27. > :28:48.important about that, is that we have now committed
:28:49. > :28:50.100 million to train advisors, to be specialists in helping people who
:28:51. > :28:53.have medical conditions, such as autism. This should help enormously.
:28:54. > :28:55.I'm very happy you like to come see me and discuss with myself and the
:28:56. > :28:58.disabilities minister what more we can do. We are determined to make
:28:59. > :29:01.sure universal credit helps those in the deepest need as much as it
:29:02. > :29:04.possibly can. Don't let thank you Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State told
:29:05. > :29:06.a marsh or last December that no one will lose any money on arrival of
:29:07. > :29:08.universal credit from tax credits, because they are cash protected.
:29:09. > :29:10.This means there is transitional production. They won't be losing any
:29:11. > :29:12.money. If there's any doubt about that reassurance, the Secretary of
:29:13. > :29:19.State repeated earlier to our Honorable friend yet according to
:29:20. > :29:23.the House of Commons Library, only 27% of the final caseload for
:29:24. > :29:29.universal credit will have gotten there through manage migration. 73%
:29:30. > :29:34.of them won't have received transitional production. Apply that
:29:35. > :29:39.Mr Speaker to the current tax credit claimants and work. This is to .3
:29:40. > :29:44.million families. To .3 million families worse off moving from tax
:29:45. > :29:48.credits to universal credits. I will give you the question. Will the
:29:49. > :29:55.Secretary of State apologise for such nonsensical reassurance with my
:29:56. > :30:00.Hear, hear! . I said to be old gentleman he is completely wrong on
:30:01. > :30:06.all this. The reality is the Institute for Fiscal Studies has
:30:07. > :30:11.made it absolutely clear. I quote, "No family will take an immediate
:30:12. > :30:16.hit on transfers universal credit. That is a reality. They are cash
:30:17. > :30:19.protected. Therefore as they move across their income levels at the
:30:20. > :30:25.time will remain exactly the same." As we said we are transitioning
:30:26. > :30:28.protecting them. I wish that the opposition, would get within an
:30:29. > :30:38.support universal credit instead of attacking at all the time. Hear,
:30:39. > :30:43.hear! . Thank you Mr Speaker the effective changes to universal
:30:44. > :30:48.credit can not be considered in isolation. They are brought up part
:30:49. > :30:55.of a broader package. They will increase that to personal tax
:30:56. > :30:58.allowance. I met thank the Minister for that response. Next year
:30:59. > :31:03.disabled people will lose ?1700 on average. Can I suggest to the
:31:04. > :31:08.Minister respectively, that no one is disabled that Hadley chooses to
:31:09. > :31:12.be disabled. They are there because of its illness or accident or bad
:31:13. > :31:16.luck. This is not the time to pass more misery on these unfortunate
:31:17. > :31:22.people. They need a bit of dignity shown. The only point I would like
:31:23. > :31:25.to make Mr Speaker is that this government is supporting more
:31:26. > :31:29.disabled people to get them back into work and of course the point of
:31:30. > :31:33.agreement that I have with the Honorable member is that we
:31:34. > :31:37.absolutely are providing dignity to individuals. And supporting them to
:31:38. > :31:44.work. Giving them the financial support that will actually secure
:31:45. > :31:49.their employment in the long one. Women whose pensions age was
:31:50. > :31:54.increased at a notice period between four years and eight months and 14
:31:55. > :31:57.years and five months, between the new state pension age. The average
:31:58. > :32:05.notice period was ten years and 11 months. Thank you Mr Speaker. One of
:32:06. > :32:09.the women in my constituency recently told her that she is
:32:10. > :32:12.actually still waiting for official notification, from his department.
:32:13. > :32:17.Does the Minister accept that there has been an abject failure on the
:32:18. > :32:20.part of us to communicate these changes to women affected by them?
:32:21. > :32:26.Does he think it is acceptable that some women have actually only found
:32:27. > :32:33.out, the brilliant work of the Waspy campaigners? Hear, hear! . Can I say
:32:34. > :32:37.to the Honorable Lady that between 29 and 2010 there were over 5
:32:38. > :32:42.million notices sent to people as regards the records that were held
:32:43. > :32:46.by HMRC. Can I point out to her that in 2012, only 6% of women within ten
:32:47. > :32:54.years of state pension age thought that the state pension age would be
:32:55. > :32:59.at age 60. Thank you Mr Speaker. Given the record we had a opposition
:33:00. > :33:02.debate about the patient exchanges, to the Minister share my surprise
:33:03. > :33:06.when he read the six options put forth by the sector state. They
:33:07. > :33:09.would not make much difference to people at all the 1950s. It is time
:33:10. > :33:13.for the opposition to be clear about the choices that would make and pay
:33:14. > :33:22.for them. And about the change they would not make as well. I think the
:33:23. > :33:31.Minister would want to focus exclusively. Minister. I met Mr
:33:32. > :33:36.Speaker so eloquently put that. I hope you allow me to make the odd
:33:37. > :33:44.comment as to why would be impractical. They have no sense of
:33:45. > :33:50.arithmetic. Thank you very much Mr Speaker. There is also a fundamental
:33:51. > :33:56.unfairness. For example the constituent likely that retired in
:33:57. > :34:02.1950 or born in 1953 that would retire in 63. I was born on the 10th
:34:03. > :34:05.of February 1954 would not retire until July 2019 to a half years
:34:06. > :34:09.later. That is completely unjust will stop with the government can do
:34:10. > :34:13.is mitigate the timetable so people have time to react. That is the
:34:14. > :34:19.right thing to do. The government should act. Hear, hear!. Can I just
:34:20. > :34:23.say to the Honorable gentleman that when he talks about mitigating this.
:34:24. > :34:26.There were at the time transitional arrangements made. Those
:34:27. > :34:31.transitional arrangements cost will billion. The period was reduced in
:34:32. > :34:36.terms of how long one would have to retire from to years to 18 months.
:34:37. > :34:44.Of that 18 months, 81% of the women affected will have an extension: --
:34:45. > :34:47.beyond 12 months. Thank you Mr Speaker. I have to say I am really
:34:48. > :34:52.disappointed that the Minister is still not giving recognition about
:34:53. > :34:57.the total in adequacy that these women were given, in terms of the
:34:58. > :35:04.notice period. Given this unfairness and the earlier comments made by the
:35:05. > :35:12.Minister, will the Minister now look at the six options that we presented
:35:13. > :35:17.to government. Also included as many members of his own have supported
:35:18. > :35:23.and allowing those affected and coming to there, if you listen,
:35:24. > :35:27.allowing those affected to take a reduced state pension at an earlier
:35:28. > :35:34.age and pay a lower state pension for a longer period? By Matt Asay to
:35:35. > :35:38.be young lady, that as far as the six options are concerned, all of
:35:39. > :35:41.the cards. It is time that the opposition started to think in terms
:35:42. > :35:46.of where the money would come from. If she's going to blame the blame on
:35:47. > :35:49.this government, she might just wish to reflect on a 13 year Thai
:35:50. > :35:56.government was in power, when they did absolutely nothing. The
:35:57. > :36:00.honourable lady, just on about 13 billion or something. Message to her
:36:01. > :36:09.that the cost of an doing 2011 pages that would be ?30 billion. Thank you
:36:10. > :36:17.Mr Speaker. With permission I would like to answer this question along
:36:18. > :36:23.with 13. Visit 2010, the unemployment rate of 8%. We have
:36:24. > :36:26.made excellent progress on the unemployment rate. It is not 541%,
:36:27. > :36:31.which is the lowest rate in a decade. Bookmark I would like to
:36:32. > :36:36.thank the Minister for the answer. As I am sure we all aware, I will
:36:37. > :36:44.ask the Minister what steps are being taken for the positions,
:36:45. > :36:52.particularly in my constituency of Derby North? She is right. It is
:36:53. > :36:57.national pension week. In her area there have been over 5000 printed
:36:58. > :37:02.shifts. We are working within four years and we now have an employment
:37:03. > :37:05.strategy across government. We are not only leveraging the work that we
:37:06. > :37:10.are doing in terms of encouraging all employees to take
:37:11. > :37:18.apprenticeship, but also that they are led into careers and lifelong
:37:19. > :37:22.careers are not as full-time jobs. We thank you Mr Speaker. Many of my
:37:23. > :37:27.constituents were part of the tourist industry. Forward thinking
:37:28. > :37:31.employees or analysing those series seasonal contracts. So the people
:37:32. > :37:35.are better able to plan their money, and fewer people become unemployed.
:37:36. > :37:43.Can my Honorable friend Tommy this government is doing to encourage the
:37:44. > :37:47.active in analysing contracts? As a marble friend for this question. He
:37:48. > :37:52.is right in terms of seasonal work. Of course working with employees is
:37:53. > :37:56.absolutely crucial to make sure that our job centres as well understand
:37:57. > :38:02.the low and passes that take place in the local Labour market. Also
:38:03. > :38:04.that we are doing this in DWP that are working with those individuals
:38:05. > :38:09.that find seasonal work and changes not seek -- suit their own
:38:10. > :38:12.individual needs and flexibility. Others who are working with JCP to
:38:13. > :38:19.make sure that we are supporting people to fill those roles. Mr
:38:20. > :38:23.Speaker I think it's fair to say that many of us in this house have
:38:24. > :38:30.had discussions with members of the Washington campaign to have had...
:38:31. > :38:33.Iran will generally be aware that in recent weeks we've had debates here
:38:34. > :38:39.where members of Parliament and both sides of the House have expressed
:38:40. > :38:43.the views their constituents. I am grateful to the Minister of our
:38:44. > :38:47.current shift to in to continue the engagement. One of the achievements
:38:48. > :38:52.we need to bring forward our an army of women who now said that they were
:38:53. > :38:59.not giving proper or fair notice of what was coming towards them entire
:39:00. > :39:02.terms of their retirement needs. The wrong thing to do this no longer the
:39:03. > :39:11.issue. The fact is that it was done badly and that needs provocation. I
:39:12. > :39:14.have a huge amount of respect for the honourable gentleman and had the
:39:15. > :39:21.crib which of serving in an office with him. He of course at the time
:39:22. > :39:23.supported the 2011, pensions act, and he was responsible for
:39:24. > :39:29.persuading his colleagues to do otherwise. One thing that was always
:39:30. > :39:34.the case, was that they always blew with the wind and there was a
:39:35. > :39:36.temporary pause during the Coalition Government. What the right
:39:37. > :39:41.honourable gentleman is now proving is that flow with the wind is part
:39:42. > :39:48.of their DNA and it's back to normal. Mr Speaker of the suggestion
:39:49. > :39:51.by the opposition that the government could allow the certain
:39:52. > :39:56.group of women to take their pages early from the current age of 63,
:39:57. > :40:00.has not been fully costed by anyone. Can my honourable friend share with
:40:01. > :40:05.the indications of this might be in terms of cost and whether he needs
:40:06. > :40:12.primary legislation. Our men over the age of 65 also going to be
:40:13. > :40:16.affected? Mr Speaker we have today published some information regarding
:40:17. > :40:19.this very issue, and it would cost additional funds. I think something
:40:20. > :40:22.that the opposition and others who are supporting a particular issue
:40:23. > :40:33.might want to take into account is that. We are determined that young
:40:34. > :40:37.people should not slip into a life but that they are either earning or
:40:38. > :40:41.learning. We are supporting schools and that is why we are also being
:40:42. > :40:48.introduced in the youth obligation in 2017, to ensure that young people
:40:49. > :40:54.get the best possible start in life. Thank you Mr Speaker and my own
:40:55. > :41:00.constituency we have seen a welcome form by 81% from 505 and 2010 to 95
:41:01. > :41:04.now. This has been achieved through the strong joint work between my
:41:05. > :41:11.honourable friend department and local authorities such as district
:41:12. > :41:14.councils and local enterprise partnerships. Does my right
:41:15. > :41:17.honourable friend agree with me that it is through empowering and
:41:18. > :41:23.devolving responsibilities to those closest to the communities that we
:41:24. > :41:28.are most able to provide the support needed to help young people get back
:41:29. > :41:32.to work? I think my honourable friend for his question and pay
:41:33. > :41:35.tribute to all of those stakeholders in this constituency who have been
:41:36. > :41:40.providing vital employment support to people to get the claimant count
:41:41. > :41:43.down so low. He is right to say that local decisions help when it comes
:41:44. > :41:53.to placing people and getting people into work. That is why we are
:41:54. > :41:58.mindful of the local market trends. Next month they will hold a
:41:59. > :42:03.apprenticeship there. This event will allow constituents to meet with
:42:04. > :42:07.the 50 participating organizations. What Orwell my right honourable
:42:08. > :42:09.friend agree with me that local organizations working together can
:42:10. > :42:18.help us toward the goal of full employment? He's actually right. I
:42:19. > :42:20.speak about my consistency and many others, where job fairs and
:42:21. > :42:24.apprenticeship pairs have been taking place. There is a crucial
:42:25. > :42:27.point to make your Mr Speaker. That is that this is can only happen
:42:28. > :42:32.through the support of local employers and of course this
:42:33. > :42:37.department worked on pensions will continue to work with local
:42:38. > :42:46.employers on a national level and to support apprenticeship there is not
:42:47. > :42:48.the one he's referring to. Supported by welfare reform and that
:42:49. > :42:55.governments long-term economic plan, we have seen workers fall. This has
:42:56. > :42:58.helped reduce private sector employment. Now there are record 26
:42:59. > :43:05.million people working in the private sector of fun to .7 million
:43:06. > :43:10.thousand ten. Is the Minister aware that unemployment of my
:43:11. > :43:17.constituencies is has fallen by 57% since 2010. Would she agree with me
:43:18. > :43:20.that if you look behind the statistics and active look at all
:43:21. > :43:26.those lives that are being transformed where families would
:43:27. > :43:31.hope for the future and priding themselves? Marble friend is
:43:32. > :43:35.absolutely right. Of course work and employment leads to turning around
:43:36. > :43:39.lives and families lies. Also communities as well are turned
:43:40. > :43:44.around. If we look at the Honolulu gentleman and constituency in his
:43:45. > :43:47.region as well, we have seen record levels of unemployment that is down
:43:48. > :43:50.to the governments policy. It is also down to the support that we've
:43:51. > :44:03.had for the employers, who are ultimately the job creators in our
:44:04. > :44:07.economy. Mr Speaker when we took office almost one in five household
:44:08. > :44:11.had no one in work. Many people on benefits for most of the previous
:44:12. > :44:15.decade. Since 2010, and the number of workers households has fallen by
:44:16. > :44:18.direct 680,000 to its lowest level since records began. The number of
:44:19. > :44:27.children workers households is that a record low also down nearly
:44:28. > :44:31.450,000 50,010. Does he agree with me that making progress in reducing
:44:32. > :44:36.the number of people and workers households is key to improving the
:44:37. > :44:45.life chances of millions of children? I do agree. In workers
:44:46. > :44:49.hostile children grow out without the aspiration to achieve if they
:44:50. > :44:52.might be in families that were in work. I am almost certain to repeat
:44:53. > :44:56.those difficult lives of their parents. We want to turn the flies
:44:57. > :45:01.around. Since 2010, number of workers households and the social
:45:02. > :45:05.roots of sector has fallen by over to hundred 80,000 to as record low.
:45:06. > :45:09.It is worth remembering, that the number of households we took off
:45:10. > :45:17.originally back into thousand ten, where no one had ever worked, had
:45:18. > :45:35.nearly doubled under the last level government. . Where is he? LAUGHTER.
:45:36. > :45:43.I congratulate the Honorable Eddie forgetting a question. We have seen
:45:44. > :45:47.this fall that. The number of children living in workers
:45:48. > :45:52.households also down 480,000 to a record low. Living standards 343%.
:45:53. > :45:58.Income inequality which rose in the last that the government, is now
:45:59. > :46:07.down since 2010. I thank the Minister for his response. 104,000
:46:08. > :46:11.children have been adversely affected by the benefit. In my
:46:12. > :46:14.constituents lead: 29 and a half thousand children living in poverty
:46:15. > :46:21.poverty. Does the Minister think that he might better to argue about
:46:22. > :46:28.the budget rather than pushing more children to poverty. ? I don't agree
:46:29. > :46:32.with her at all. The figures don't bear that out. It is worth the
:46:33. > :46:36.memory that in work and out of work poverty rose under the last Labour
:46:37. > :46:42.government. Under this government, the Ottawa property which was 71%
:46:43. > :46:45.into thousand ten has actually fallen to 61% and is still falling.
:46:46. > :46:49.As we know three quarters of poor children living in them that move
:46:50. > :46:52.into employment leave poverty altogether. A child poverty
:46:53. > :46:56.transition report made that very clear. Getting people back to work
:46:57. > :46:59.as we have been doing, getting families back to work, giving them a
:47:00. > :47:05.real chance to earn and have aspiration, is something I think we
:47:06. > :47:13.should all celebrate. . Topical questions. Mr Speaker as agree with
:47:14. > :47:17.the select committee, I can now afford a house that today we are
:47:18. > :47:21.working the sanctions early warning trial for claimants from able
:47:22. > :47:26.underling warning letters will be issued. The trial is being run in
:47:27. > :47:28.Scotland and gives job seekers extra 14 days to provide further evidence
:47:29. > :47:36.of their reasons for not complying to sanctions. My constituents that
:47:37. > :47:42.Taylor is 36-year-old with disabilities. His care package has
:47:43. > :47:45.been reduced from 17 hours a week to six and a half. The council tells
:47:46. > :47:48.him he should not see this negatively but if I way to utilise
:47:49. > :47:54.the strength and resources that he may not realise he has within
:47:55. > :47:59.himself. His mother is appalled by his loss and a patronizing tone from
:48:00. > :48:03.the government. Mr Speaker, if I list the Secretary of State scorers,
:48:04. > :48:08.this help him utilise hidden strength that he didn't realise he
:48:09. > :48:13.had? Would he be as serious as I am about the way Nick Taylor is being
:48:14. > :48:17.treated? I thank the Honorable member and I'm happy to look at that
:48:18. > :48:27.case. The social act of 2015 should've put more in place. I will
:48:28. > :48:33.look at this further. Many local businesses supporting the inevitable
:48:34. > :48:36.apprenticeship the job fair. With the Minister agree that supporting
:48:37. > :48:46.young people for apprenticeship is vital. When she agree to open my job
:48:47. > :48:49.fair? I thank my Honorable friend for his very kind invitation. I
:48:50. > :48:53.would be happy to look at this and try to come to his constituency. He
:48:54. > :48:58.is right. It is national apprenticeship week as well. The
:48:59. > :49:03.employers he has referred to, that continues to do the utmost to
:49:04. > :49:09.support young people. I myself will be visiting many employers in Essex
:49:10. > :49:12.this week to make that point. Thank you Mr Speaker. Last month the
:49:13. > :49:18.Minister said the idea that there was a 20 metre rule for assessing
:49:19. > :49:24.eligibility for enhanced allowance was an urban myth. However in the
:49:25. > :49:28.case of my constituents, Kathy Walsh, who I must acknowledge that
:49:29. > :49:30.Mr listened to the case I made. It was only when her consultant
:49:31. > :49:34.provided evidence that she could walk no more than 20 metres that her
:49:35. > :49:38.case was reviewed and benefits reinstated. What steps will the
:49:39. > :49:42.government take to clarify this issue with processes and ensure that
:49:43. > :49:47.other disabled people don't have to suffer as my constituents have?
:49:48. > :49:53.Attend the Honorable member for that. To be absolutely thick clear
:49:54. > :49:56.is can an individual safely and repeatedly to an acceptable standard
:49:57. > :50:03.and in a reasonable time period, walk a certain distance. If you get
:50:04. > :50:07.to 19.9 metres you qualify and then it is less than you don't get it. It
:50:08. > :50:14.is that that criteria that were continued to make sure that it is
:50:15. > :50:19.assessed by. Unemployment has fallen by 6% in 2010. With the Minister go
:50:20. > :50:23.with me in thanking the office for hosting a very successful job fair
:50:24. > :50:25.recently? They're working so hard to bring opportunities to those seeking
:50:26. > :50:32.to get on in life and provide for their families. I think my
:50:33. > :50:39.girlfriend for his question. I am delighted to hear if he had steady
:50:40. > :50:42.work... All our JCP staff across the country, do great work to support
:50:43. > :50:46.people and get them off benefits and help them to transform the lives.
:50:47. > :50:52.With regards to the employment rates in this consistency I'm delighted to
:50:53. > :50:58.see that they're making progress. There are hundreds of thousands of
:50:59. > :51:05.pensioners in this country. With the EU referendum there are 400,000 with
:51:06. > :51:11.distended. Can the Minister tell us what will happen to British
:51:12. > :51:15.pensioners if we leave the EU? Can I remind the Honorable gentleman that
:51:16. > :51:32.we are better off in the EU and that is the position of the government.
:51:33. > :51:36.Thank you Mr Speaker. It will improve accessibility to disabled
:51:37. > :51:41.people. Can my Honorable friend give an update on the work being done to
:51:42. > :51:46.ensure more public venues have more assets that are accessibility to
:51:47. > :51:49.disabled people. I thank my Honorable friend for recognising the
:51:50. > :51:55.extensive work we're doing in this area. We do particular work, making
:51:56. > :52:01.cultural and music venues accessible. Attach looking at
:52:02. > :52:08.restaurants with leading operators and sports facilities, particularly
:52:09. > :52:12.with the Premier League. Thank you Mr Speaker. The Minister dismisses
:52:13. > :52:18.My Noble friend suggestions for transitional arrangements as being
:52:19. > :52:23.somehow mathematically challenged. This issue is about fairness. It is
:52:24. > :52:28.about establishing a fair transitional arrangement for the
:52:29. > :52:31.Waspy women. As the Minister actually costed any of the six
:52:32. > :52:40.suggestions. Or has he just dismissed them all? Yes we have
:52:41. > :52:46.costed it. When she talks about fairness in the transition
:52:47. > :52:50.arrangement, I simply ask her to look back at 2011 where she will
:52:51. > :52:53.find that in the second reading the Minister of the Secretary of State
:52:54. > :52:57.and the president of the Secretary of State said that he would go away
:52:58. > :53:04.and consider and he did. Four months later transitional arrangements were
:53:05. > :53:07.affected. They caught ?1.1 billion and an reduction was made from to
:53:08. > :53:20.years to 18 months. So transitional arrangements have taken place. Thank
:53:21. > :53:24.you Mr Speaker. My Honorable friend cabinet based charity was providing
:53:25. > :53:30.specialist to stability equipment to the country. Will my Honorable
:53:31. > :53:36.friend join me in commending new life to work? Does he agree with me
:53:37. > :53:42.that provisioning this equipment at a early stage meets children will
:53:43. > :53:45.have a better quality of life? They were a fantastic organisation. I
:53:46. > :53:47.have enjoyed meeting with them and I've taken the opportunity to
:53:48. > :53:51.highlight their work and would like to promote this further with that
:53:52. > :53:56.our colleagues in the Department of Health. Thank you Mr Speaker. In
:53:57. > :53:59.December, the Secretary of State said that there is already Universal
:54:00. > :54:05.credit advice to ensure their status. However the governments
:54:06. > :54:10.position appears to have changed. Now it's saying that if the
:54:11. > :54:14.discretion of work cartoons. Can the Secretary of State therefore
:54:15. > :54:17.confirmed that the 60,000 workers currently on universal credit will
:54:18. > :54:23.in his own words, have the status remained the same? Is said to the
:54:24. > :54:28.Honorable Lady that universal credit is now pretty much rolled up all
:54:29. > :54:32.over the country. It is made clear that anyone transitioning from tax
:54:33. > :54:36.credits. As a quote no family will take animated hit because they are
:54:37. > :54:41.transitioning protected. What I said at the time is that we will do our
:54:42. > :54:46.level best with the advisors to make sure that peoples situation
:54:47. > :54:49.continues and actually improves. That is exactly what universal
:54:50. > :54:53.credit will do. That's why wonder why they don't support more people
:54:54. > :54:58.going to work quicker and they get into work faster they actually earn
:54:59. > :55:02.more money and stain work longer. The Minister will be aware that
:55:03. > :55:06.almost 50% of the working population is self-employed and there will be
:55:07. > :55:11.over 40,005 years' time living in Berkshire. Will you please agree
:55:12. > :55:20.with me that something needs to be done and potentially that the
:55:21. > :55:26.involvement think having looked at? That is a very important issue that
:55:27. > :55:30.this government is undertaking. 6 million people have taken part in
:55:31. > :55:33.that initiative. I would also say that it is also something that is
:55:34. > :55:37.going to be of particular benefit to women. They will have the
:55:38. > :55:45.opportunity to enroll as part of the pension and that will certainly help
:55:46. > :55:53.their chances in the future. Thank you Mr Speaker with a disability
:55:54. > :55:57.unit recently met with the Trail Blazers group, he heard first-hand
:55:58. > :56:01.the challenges that young disabled people face looking for work. Will
:56:02. > :56:07.he confirm that he can and will arrange for these young people to
:56:08. > :56:13.meet with his access team so their experiences can be directly
:56:14. > :56:19.influenced upon the data from future policy? I thank the Honorable
:56:20. > :56:22.member. I pay tribute for continuing to introduce these young
:56:23. > :56:30.ambassadors. They were brilliant in the meeting. I look forward to them
:56:31. > :56:33.accessing our progress. Thank you Mr Speaker one the welcome provisions
:56:34. > :56:39.of the 2014 pensions Bill, Wesley lived Dean of the PPF. This Clause
:56:40. > :56:42.is still to be implemented. With the Secretary of State agree to meet
:56:43. > :56:48.with me across party delegation to make sure and discuss how we can
:56:49. > :56:51.move this issue forward? And bring security to those who find their
:56:52. > :56:57.pensions delayed at no fault of their own? I'm very happy to meet
:56:58. > :57:01.with him in any of the others that he would like to bring with him.
:57:02. > :57:05.This government single tier will mean that pension incomes improve
:57:06. > :57:11.dramatically, particularly for those who have broken clear. Amongst those
:57:12. > :57:15.who have never said before. Finally of course the freedom to be able to
:57:16. > :57:20.take during annuity or not when you're pension becomes due, I think
:57:21. > :57:26.is enormous. I am very happy to make sure that Reform programme
:57:27. > :57:33.It his Secretary of State tell me how many GSC claimants have been
:57:34. > :57:41.signed or offered worker taking up work? I don't have the figures on
:57:42. > :57:44.hand. The number of people that have been sanctioned have fallen
:57:45. > :57:49.dramatically in the last 12 months and I'm sure she would be happy to
:57:50. > :57:53.see the figures. Can I thank my Honorable friend the Minister for
:57:54. > :57:57.disabled people for attending a highly successful disability
:57:58. > :58:01.conference in my constituency of North Devon on Friday ten days ago.
:58:02. > :58:09.Does he agree with me that these are vital in ensuring that employers get
:58:10. > :58:14.the help that they need. And that people with disabilities are closer
:58:15. > :58:20.to the world of employment. My friend has championed disabilities.
:58:21. > :58:26.We have really seized the opportunity and will make it did --
:58:27. > :58:28.different in that local community. How many DUP ministers had
:58:29. > :58:34.conversations with Department of Health ministers about the
:58:35. > :58:36.consultation on financial support on those people who received
:58:37. > :58:41.contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s and whether they should have
:58:42. > :58:47.their benefits passport approved to the new PIP scheme. I'm very happy
:58:48. > :58:56.to meet with the Honorable member to discuss this further. Order. Before
:58:57. > :59:02.I call the honourable gentleman another asked an urgent question
:59:03. > :59:08.which I'm allowing him to ask. I reminding that all members from the
:59:09. > :59:16.house that's Her Majesty cannot be supposed to have a private opinion
:59:17. > :59:20.apart from that from her responsible advisors. Any attempt to use her
:59:21. > :59:25.name in debate to influence the judgement of Parliament is
:59:26. > :59:26.immediately checked and censored. And Mr