The Leader of the House has sought to assure the House that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions did not seek to influence an independent Select Committee. Given the interest in and seriousness of the allegations, I am sure that is something the Secretary of State will want to explain to the House himself. Can this be arranged and can we then have a debate on who at the Department for Work and Pensions should take the blame for the shambles of universal credit, which is affecting the lives of so many constituents, including mine, across the country?
Business of the House
Business question from
Seema Malhotra
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 November 2013.
It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
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