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Benefit Sanctions

Proceeding contribution from Debbie Abrahams (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 13 December 2022. It occurred during Backbench debate on Benefit Sanctions.

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing this debate, and on all his work on the Select Committee. Is he as worried as I am that this is just a further iteration of the DWP sanctions issues going back to 2012? I particularly remember David Clapson, who was the first case that I came across—a former soldier who was sanctioned. He could not afford to keep his refrigerator on, his insulin went off, and he died as a consequence. Is the hon. Member as concerned as I am about sanctions potentially resulting in deaths?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
724 c279WH 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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