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Proceeding contribution from Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 18 March 2021. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.

The universal credit roll-out has been a remarkable success during the pandemic with, I think, 91% of claims being processed extremely quickly and the majority paid within three days. That does not mean that there will not be occasional errors. While 91% is a high success rate, it means that 9% did not meet that. There was also the £20 a week uplift. The hon. Lady is right to raise individual cases of this kind in the House. That is how we seek redress of grievance and it is what we are here for. If there are individual cases that have not been answered satisfactorily by the Department for Work and Pensions, my office is more than willing to help hon. and right hon. Members to seek redress of grievance.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
691 c501 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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