Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Social Security |
*1 |
Mr John Grogan (Selby): If he will make a statement about the pilot study carried out by his Department in York to encourage take-up of income support by pensioners. |
| (73038) |
*2 |
Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): What proportion of total payments made by his Department are means-tested. |
| (73039) |
*3 |
Mr David Rendel (Newbury): What steps he is taking to improve the financial position of the bereaved. |
| (73040) |
*4 |
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West): If he will make a statement on the progress of the New Deal for Lone Parents. |
| (73041) |
*5 |
Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): If he will make a statement on progress towards introduction of the Single Gateway to benefit. |
| (73042) |
*6 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): If he will make a statement on the review of the savings allowance in relation to the minimum pensions guarantee. |
| (73043) |
*7 |
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): What plans he has to reform the administration of the CSA. |
| (73044) |
*8 |
Mr Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey): What plans he has for increasing assistance to older pensioners. |
| (73045) |
*9 |
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): What representations he has received about the minimum guaranteed pension. |
| (73046) |
*10 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): If he will make a statement on his plans for war disablement pensions. |
| (73047) |
*11 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): What assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of a minimum pension guarantee on low earners' savings. |
| (73048) |
*12 |
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): If he will make a statement on the savings achieved as a result of the Benefits Integrity Project. |
| (73049) |
*13 |
Mr Michael Foster (Hastings and Rye): What he is doing to improve the living standards of the poorest disabled people. |
| (73050) |
*14 |
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): What plans he has to abolish the vesting requirements on annuities. |
| (73051) |
*15 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in the Warrington North constituency who will benefit from the minimum pension guarantee. |
| (73052) |
*16 |
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): What plans he has to minimise fraud in the administration of housing benefit. |
| (73053) |
*17 |
Mr Clive Efford (Eltham): What representations he has received regarding the proposed changes to severe disability benefit. |
| (73054) |
*18 |
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): If, following the implementation of his reform proposals, widows aged between 45 and 60 years who were widowed before 45 years of age and who are not currently receiving a widow's pension, can continue to choose to claim (a) retirement pension or (b) widow's pension on reaching 60 years of age. |
| (73055) |
*19 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): If he will make a statement on progress with pension reform. |
| (73056) |
*20 |
Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole): What representations he has received about his recent proposals for welfare reform. |
| (73057) |
*21 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): What plans he has to introduce (a) incentives and (b) negative disincentives to the self-employed to take out Stakeholder pension contracts. |
| (73058) |
*22 |
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): What assessment he has made of the responses so far to the Pensions Green Paper. |
| (73059) |
*23 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): By how much he expects the real spending powers of those dependent on the basic state old age pension to vary from that of those in employment in 1999-2000. |
| (73060) |
*24 |
Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead): What is the upper limit permitted to benefit claimants for time spent writing material for publication before their benefit is reduced; and if he will make a statement. |
| (73061) |
*25 |
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): What estimate he has made of the proportion of government expenditure the social security budget will comprise in 1999-2000; and what it was in 1996-97. |
| (73062) |
*26 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): What estimate he has made of the cost of administration of (a) the current state pension and (b) the secondary pension proposed in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill. |
| (73063) |
*27 |
Dr George Turner (North West Norfolk): What assessment he has made of the difficulties faced by those on low and modest incomes in making adequate provision for retirement. |
| (73064) |
*28 |
Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): What plans he has to improve the pensions of long-term disabled people. |
| (73065) |
*29 |
Mrs Teresa Gorman (Billericay): What recent representations he has received on levels of fraud within the benefit system; and if he will make a statement. |
| (73066) |
*30 |
Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): What progress has been made in the reform of the Child Support Agency. |
| (73067) |
*31 |
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): If he will make a statement on his future plans for housing benefit. |
| (73068) |
*32 |
Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): What step he is taking to ensure that British pensioners living overseas receive up-rated pensions to which they are entitled. |
| (73069) |
*33 |
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): What assessment he has made of the progress being made to combat housing benefit fraud. |
| (73070) |
*34 |
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): What estimate he has made of the total amount of benefits administered by his Department unclaimed by those entitled to them; and what measures he proposes to encourage take-up. |
| (73071) |
*35 |
Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): What proposals he has to tackle the problem of child poverty. |
| (73072) |
*36 |
Mr David Atkinson (Bournemouth East): If he will make a statement on progress with the millennium compliance of computer systems involved in the provision of benefits. |
| (73073) |
*37 |
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North and Fleetwood): What action his Department is taking to help disabled people into employment. |
| (73074) |
*38 |
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley): What proposals he has to encourage the spread of second-tier pensions. |
| (73075) |
*39 |
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): How he proposes to ensure better security in retirement for the poorest households. |
| (73076) |
*40 |
Mr Derek Twigg (Halton): When he expects to pilot the Single Gateway to Benefits for people of working age. |
| (73077) |
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS |
STANDING COMMITTEE |
1 |
Scottish Grand Committee |
10.30 a.m. |
New Parliament House, Edinburgh (public) |
| (i) Statement by the Lord Advocate on the role of the Law Officers after devolution. |
| (ii) To consider a substantive Motion for the adjournment of the Committee on Education and the Enterprise Economy in Scotland. |
| (iii) Half-Hour Adjournment: Rachel Squire (Equal Opportunities for women in Scotland). |
SELECT COMMITTEES |
2 |
Food Standards |
3.45 p.m.
4.00 p.m. |
Room 8 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Draft Food Standards Bill. |
| Witness: Professor Philip James, Director, Rowett Research Institute. |
3 |
Social Security |
4.00 p.m. |
Room 19 (private) |
4 |
Public Accounts |
4.30 p.m. |
Room 16 (public) |
| Subject: Arable Area Payments Scheme. |
| Witness: Mr Richard Packer, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. |
5 |
Science and Technology |
5.30 p.m.
5:45 p.m. |
Room 15 (private)
(public) |
| Subject: Scientific Advisory System: Genetically Modified Foods. |
| Witnesses: Dr Arpad Pusztai, formerly of the Rowett Research Institute, and Dr Stanley Ewen, University of Aberdeen; Professor Philip James, Director, Rowett Research Institute (at 6.40 p.m.). |
[The decision of a Committee to sit in public may be rescinded without notice.] |
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