Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Transitional Protection

Debate contribution by Ms Sian Mulholland on 17 February 2026.

MLA: Ms Sian Mulholland
Party at the time: Alliance Party
Date: 17 February 2026
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Universal Credit: Transitional Protection
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5394851

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Thank you, Minister, for confirming that. I am greatly worried by the fact that we are giving with one hand and taking with the other with the transitional protection and the removal of the two-child limit. Can the Minister confirm whether his Department has modelled how many families will likely face a deficit when this comes into play?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 3131/22-27.

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