Speeches by Darling.

“The Government are planning to restrict access to the daily living component of PIP and then do a review of PIP. What benefits would doing the review before restricting access have?”

“One imagines so.”

“To some extent, Ben has already answered my question about the impact of the Green Paper on employment and health outcomes for people. If anybody feels they need to add to that, it would be helpful. However, I would also like to throw another question out there to Lucy in respect of the health component of Universal Cr…”

“I was speaking to somebody only the other day who was describing PIP as a safety net around the broken access to work system. Thank you.”

“You have talked about the rationale. What impact do you fear this could have on that cohort of youngsters? In your professional view, what might the outcomes be?”

“To put a positive spin on the world that we are in at the moment, bearing in mind that the clock is ticking, what are some key principles or culture to apply to PIP to change it for the better that you want to see reflected in a reformed PIP system?”

“Yes, I know.”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Ms Abbott). I myself applied for this very debate last week, but I am delighted that the Mother of the House came out of the hat—or maybe Mr Speaker chose her. I am delighted tha…”

“That is the crucial thing—PIP is there to support people getting back into work; my hon. Friend is quite right. Whether it is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Chancellor or the Prime Minister, they all say that the benefits system is broken, so let us make sure we reform it with some compassion. Libera…”

“One school in my constituency has a £100,000 bill due to the national insurance hike, which is resulting in redundancies. Does my hon. Friend agree that the national insurance hike is exacerbating the inequity that many schools face in our local communities?”

“A significant part of my question was around winter fuel, but it has already been picked up by the previous colleague, so I will leave my question as it has now been covered.”

“We have lots of question, but if you can be brief, I am sure it will be helpful.”

“I am sure colleagues would have found your focus on frailty helpful. The impact on the health service and social care is probably a bit of a given from what you were describing, but Professor Marmot was highlighting the opportunities of the voluntary sector. Can you unpack that a bit? Not too far away, my constituents …”

“Thank you. I did ask at the beginning whether there is a dichotomy between rural and urban, because in your introduction you did talk about your patch covering rural and urban. Is there any of that, or is it mostly just that inner-city Plymouth is a challenge?”

“Thank you. It was good to have a brief chat with you outside this room, and thank you for trekking up here. Clearly Plymouth is very urban; equally, there is that level of rurality. It would be helpful if you could unpack that pensioner poverty and that dichotomy that may well exist between urban and rural pensioner po…”

“I start by assuring the hon. Member for South West Devon (Rebecca Smith) that my office has talked me out of mentioning the Waitrose cheesecake that was a hot topic throughout Committee. On a more serious note, I would like to explore the challenges in the Bill. As we have heard, fraud can only be a bad thing, as it ro…”

“I concur strongly with the right hon. Gentleman. Also of core concern to us is the lowering of the bar for being able to take money out of people’s bank accounts, and the opportunity to withdraw driving licences from offenders. However, as colleagues have said, the best practice document is missing. That was alluded to…”

“I was horrified when I became aware that dogs could still be force-fed pesticides as part of these proposals. Does the hon. Lady agree that what we need from the Government today—I hope we will hear this from the Minister—is clear dates for an end to testing on dogs and all animals?”

“This weekend, I will join with the Ukrainian community in Torbay to mourn the sad loss of a Ukrainian national who has died far from home. Almost 20,000 children have been stolen by the barbaric Putin regime; can the Minister advise the Chamber on what practical steps the Government are taking to get those children hom…”

“Over Easter in Torbay, we had five sewage spills according to the Surfers Against Sewage app. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is extremely disappointing to say the least that, rather than colleagues just getting their cossie and towel to go swimming at their favourite swimming spot, they must now also check the sewag…”