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Business of the House

Business question from Jessica Morden (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 February 2021. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.

It has been 19 months since the Government first launched the review into a cruel benefit system that forces those who are terminally ill to prove they have less than six months to live. In that time, Marie Curie and the Motor Neurone Disease Association estimate that as many as 5,800 people may have died waiting for a decision on their benefits. Please can the Leader of the House chase the Department for Work and Pensions and the Treasury to come to the House urgently and make a statement telling us what they are going to do, so that more people do not have to suffer?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
689 c499 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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