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MPs debate Universal Credit, UK defence industry and shipbuilding
MPs debate Universal Credit, UK defence industry and shipbuilding
MPs debated Universal Credit, UK defence industry and shipbuilding, in the House of Commons. The subjects for debate were chosen by the Labour Party.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions' handling of Universal Credit
MPs debated the following motion:
"That this House censures the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the right hon. Member for Tatton, for her handling of the roll-out of universal credit and her response to the NAO report, Rolling Out Universal Credit; notes that the Department for Work and Pensions’ own survey of claimants published on 8 June 2018 showed that 40 per cent of claimants were experiencing financial hardship even nine months into a claim and that 20 per cent of claimants were unable to make a claim online; further censures the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for not pausing the roll-out of universal credit in the light of this evidence; and calls on the Government to reduce the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ ministerial salary to zero for four weeks."
- Watch the debate on the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions' handling of Universal Credit on Parliament TV
- Read Library briefing paper on Universal Credit
- Read Commons Hansard: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions' handling of Universal Credit
The House of Commons voted against the motion by 305 to 268
UK defence industry and shipbuilding
MPs will debate the following motion:
"That this House recognises the important contribution of the defence industry to the UK; calls on the Government to support the UK defence industry by taking into account the economic and employment benefits to the UK when awarding contracts and to publish a full, overarching defence industrial strategy; and further calls on the Government to make the competition for the Fleet Solid Support ships contract a UK-only competition to maximise the return on that contract."
- Watch the debate on UK defence industry and shipbuilding on Parliament TV
- Read Library briefing paper on ship building
- Read Library briefing paper on Fleet Solid Support Ships
- Read Commons Hansard: UK defence industry and shipbuilding
House of Commons voted in favour of the motion without a division
Related information
About Opposition Day debates
Opposition days are days allocated in the House of Commons in each session for the discussion of subjects chosen by the Opposition.
Seventeen days are at the disposal of the Leader of the Opposition, the leader of the largest opposition party, to decide which matters are debated. Three days are usually divided between the other opposition parties.
The Opposition generally use them to raise questions of policy and administration. Frequently, two separate subjects are debated on an opposition day.