Personal Independence Payments: Merseyside

Order. We must relate the debate to Merseyside at all times.

It is deeply moving and troubling that so many people’s lives are affected in this way by what ap...

Order. If one is going to intervene, it is normal courtesy to be present for most of the debate b...

Cash terms!

The Minister is making a case for the benefit, but nobody is arguing that it is fatally flawed. W...

Order. May I just make one point? This debate is about the administration of personal independenc...

It is important to set out the overview of where we are. That is why it was so important to highl...

The Minister says that he will look at those cases, of which there are many, but does he recognis...

I thank the Minister for giving way—it is a bit hard with twins. He said he was disappointed to h...

rose—

I raised a case of someone who was 95% deaf. Her father was not allowed to write the questions ou...

I thank the Minister for giving way when he has only a little bit of time left. The delay to trib...

The case that I mentioned, which has now been fixed, involved a woman who should really just have...

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the administration of personal independence p...

I agree with both those points. A lack of understanding and basic common decency sometimes seems ...

The hon. Gentleman is correct. One would have thought that the reconsideration would introduce an...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...

It is a pleasure to be here, although I wish we did not have to discuss this extremely difficult ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Garston and Halewood (Maria Eagle) on securing the d...

It is still related to Merseyside, Sir Edward. The point I am trying to make is that the Merseysi...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward, and I congratulate my hon. Friend t...

My hon. Friend makes a valid contribution to the debate, and he is absolutely right. My hon. Frie...

It is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I understand that we are wait...

Yes, it is an average, and we are highlighting cases. I will come on to that.

The old DLA s...

We always recognise that there is a need for improvement, and we continue to review all the proce...

I will come to that. Fear not; I have woven in as many of the answers as I could.

The avera...

Hang on; I will address the previous intervention. What are we doing to ensure that cases such as...

It is difficult to comment without having seen the details. I am not saying that what the hon. La...

That is the key thing that I will address, but I will cover one last matter first.

Some 600...

Absolutely. That is what we are testing, so that we can assist claimants by strengthening areas w...

I am grateful to the Minister for his constructive approach to the points that have been raised, ...