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Will the Member give way?
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Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I also thank the Minister for being here and for listening intently to the arguments that have been made. These are real issues that affect many people. One aspect that has not been focused on relates to people with mental health issues who are exceptionally vulnerable and…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I know that the Department is trying its hardest, but one way that we could make that change is through the solution that we have proposed in our amendment — making the grant a default payment and not offering people other choices; just making the default payment. As my…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
I appreciate the Member giving way. I hope that she will promote the fund and its availability to her constituents, but I also hope that she sees the amount of work that the Department has done to try to raise the profile of the fund. We have used all the tools that are available to us. We have gone out to the advice…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker. I thank Mark Durkan and the SDLP for tabling the motion. I also thank my colleague Sian Mulholland for proposing our amendment, the DUP for its amendment and the Minister for his comments today. My colleague Sian talked about what universal credit is and about the five-week wait.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Universal credit is one of the most common concerns expressed in my office. I am sure that the same is true for MLAs across the country. I thank the signatories to the motion for tabling it. Our party continues to stand by families across Northern Ireland, many of whom are feeling the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank all who contributed to the debate this morning. The implementation of universal credit has necessitated that claimants in receipt of the older legacy benefits move across to a new system, and that presents challenges. I am committed to my Department doing what it can to…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Our social security system is supposed to be a safety net for people who are struggling through hard times. Instead, the design of universal credit actively causes hardship, as we have heard, for thousands of people across the North. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation described universal credit as: "adding to the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
The five-week wait is a particularly disgraceful element of British Government bureaucracy, leaving low-income and vulnerable families facing even more challenging and difficult circumstances. Let us not dismiss this as solely Tory austerity. The Tories began the process of welfare reform and introduced universal…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Members, today we gather not merely to discuss numbers but to reflect on the lives that are behind those numbers. The alarming statistic of 349,000 individuals living in poverty in our community is not just a figure; it represents our friends, families and neighbours who are grappling with hardships that many of us…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
I thank the Members who tabled this important motion. I am sure that most Members know all too well the issues that many of our constituents face when it comes to claiming universal credit, not least the five-week wait for the first payment. An application for universal credit is almost always made at a time when the…
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I thank the Member for giving way. Does he agree that funding should be attached to the anti-poverty strategy to reduce poverty?
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Universal Credit: Five-week Wait
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the SDLP for proposing the motion highlighting the consequences of the universal credit five-week wait for claimant households across Northern Ireland. I propose the DUP amendment to that motion. The challenge that poverty presents to households across Northern Ireland is huge.…
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I beg to move amendment No 2:
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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank the proposer of the motion. We have much common ground. I am really pleased to speak about one of the most pressing issues that face the constituents whom I deal with about universal credit. As the roll-out of universal credit continues, with households in receipt of tax credits…
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I beg to move amendment No 1:
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Will the Member give way?
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I thank the Member for giving way. The Member says that renaming the fund is not enough: what would be enough?
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I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I rise to propose this motion on the universal credit five-week wait and its inextricable links with illegal moneylending, another hook that paramilitaries — organised crime gangs — use to tighten their grip on our communities. It is a quiet, untold threat that preys on…
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It would be bad form if they were to plough on regardless, as, I am sure, the Member would agree. As I said, if the LCM is not passed, it does not preclude GB Energy, as a company, from operating in the North and we would have absolutely no ability to shape what is developed or taken forward. The approval of the…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
I thank the Minister for giving way and appreciate the clarification that she is offering. She said that, if we did not pass the LCM, we would be excluded. I do not think that it will happen, but, if the LCM were not passed, is it not true that the UK Government would be fully within their rights, as we have…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
I thank the Minister for giving way. I understand the principles and the risks associated with not giving legislative consent. However, can the Minister tell the House why the Department, which first had sight of the legislative consent mechanism six months ago, failed to bring it to the Committee to allow proper…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank Members for their contributions and welcome the interest that has been shown in this important issue. As I set out in my opening remarks, it is not yet clear how GB Energy will operate in practice. Indications from the British Government are that it will drive…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
I have some concerns about the Great British Energy Bill, the company and the LCM. I also have concerns when I hear Members say that there is a lack of information about the LCM, which is pretty stark but a fair point to make. My concern is that Members seemingly have big questions but still want to vote for the LCM.…
Assessment details for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion Official Assembly record for Debate contribution: Great British Energy Bill: Legislative Consent Motion
The Ulster Unionist Party supports the LCM. I declare an interest, because, when GB Energy was first mooted, I had conversations with the current UK Government about its remit and what it was likely to do. Specifically, we looked at the £8·3 billion of investment that is supposed to be made over time, where it is…
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