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Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, as are the organisations to which she refers. Indeed, as I shall say, there has been a widespread call along those

lines pointing out the damage that the Bill will do. Disability Rights UK states:

“The Government has suggested that all disabled people are protected from the lower 1% increase in benefits. This is not the case.”

In fact, as the impact assessment tells us, disabled households are more likely than others to be hit by the changes in the Bill.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
557 cc52-3 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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