Speeches by Egan.

“I have some questions looking ahead to the future reforms by Government. The approach that you are taking here is creative and imaginative and, in the outcomes, you are changing lives. Thinking about how we replicate that on a national scale and take the learning from Manchester, what role do you see the Greater Manche…”

“I have a final question. We have different uses of the household support fund. Can you share some examples of older people where you have seen it work particularly successfully and any awareness of about how the household support fund is evaluated as well?”

“GMCA has taken more of this cash-first approach. What was the thinking behind that?”

“I have some questions about the household support fund and looking at examples in your area of how it has been used because it is being used flexibly to support pensioners this winter.”

“We have two minutes left. With the household support fund, how easy is it for us to compare what different councils are doing? What confidence can we have that they are doing that performance monitoring and getting the best outcomes from that money?”

“The clock is ticking, so we must move on to the next question. I will focus on attendance allowance and the household support fund. Just before I do—this is the worst thing; I hate politicians making assumptions based on speaking to limited people—based on two people, including my nan, am I right that there is a group …”

“Attendance allowance—the name itself comes up a lot. Any ideas of what you think it could be called?”

“I am very happy to be able to speak and to add my support to this Bill, and I appreciate the depth and ambition of the measures that have been brought forward. When I meet my local police officers in Bristol and South Gloucestershire, I see a committed group of men and women completely dedicated to public service, but …”

“I really appreciate the point, but I think if hon. Members were to spend time and speak to work coaches—as they may have done—they would find that work coaches want, and are asking for, more of that information to be shared. It is also about trying to prevent people from committing fraud.”

“I want to make a few points, because I am worried that some Members are underestimating the level of fraud and the direction of travel, because it is only going up. The hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion is correct in a sense in saying that people voted for change and that fairness in the welfare system is one of the th…”

“I appreciate it is not really early days, but it is early days. How do you see the site developing and evolving over time; for example, the things we have talked about in terms of whether you could get to a stage where people could increase their contributions through the site?”

“Are there any issues or insights from the testing you have done that you can share with us?”

“With the MoneyHelper dashboard, the Government announced last year that that would be prioritised over the commercial dashboards. You have recently outlined plans for testing that dashboard on consumers. I am wondering if that testing has started yet.”

“What information is on there that consumers can access and how accurate will that be?”

“The issue of collaboration and infiltration between Hamas and some UNRWA officials is well documented. Clearly, people in Gaza need aid, so can the Minister update us on how we are monitoring the work being done to restore neutrality and confidence in UNRWA?”

“Fantastic. Then the other bit is: is the Department undertaking work to make it easier for those partners to feed into the ACCSLs and to report concerns?”

“I have two points on the roles of the ACCSLs themselves. Are they required to share their contact details with key partners like local welfare—”

“Do you think it should be a requirement?”

“I am glad you pronounced “ACSSLs” because that is my next question. How does the Department get the balance right between allowing the ACSSLs to work flexibly and giving that consistency across the country?”

“I have questions about how DWP works with the safeguarding adults boards. Last year, you had the agreement of a memorandum of understanding. There are two parts of this question. How is the Department ensuring that it complies with the memorandum of understanding? The other element to it is your thoughts on whether it …”