IRRV Alert - week ending 13th May 2016
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Work and Pensions Committee hears from new Work and Pensions Secretary
Stephen Crabb questioned on Secretary of State role
10 May 2016
The Work and Pensions Committee takes evidence from Stephen Crabb MP
Definition:
Person elected by a particular constituency (area) to represent them in the House of Commons.
Alternatives:
Elected representative, MPs
Witness
Wednesday 11 May 2016, Wilson Room, Portcullis
Definition:
The official emblem or logo of the UK Parliament. Portcullis House is one of the main buildings on the parliamentary estate.
At 9.30am
- Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State
for Work and PensionsDefinition:
A Cabinet Minister who heads a Government Department.
Alternatives:
Head of Government Department, Secretaries of State
- Sir Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions
Focus of the session
The session
Definition:
A parliamentary year, normally beginning in spring and running for 12 months.
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Parliamentary year, Sessions
- What the new Secretary of State considers his greatest inheritance at the DWP
- What the biggest challenges and top three priorities are now
- The question of “intergenerational fairness” in pensioner incomes, which have gone up significantly in relative terms over recent years. Are we reaching the limits of what can be taken from working-age benefits?
- Universal Credit is now less generous than what it will replace and there is concern that work incentives have been eroded. Has UC become an expensive “tidying exercise”? How will UC incentivise claimants on a reduced budget?
- Other issues arising from the Committee’s current inquiries and recent reports, including the Committee’s report on UC in-work progression published ahead of the session tomorrow morning