Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement, Peter Aldous calls on him to review the levels of universal credit and other benefits to help the poor and most vulnerable facing increases in the cost of living.
Speaking in the debate on the Lords amendments to the Nationality and Borders Bill, Peter Aldous raises British Dental Association concerns about using X-rays to assess the age of asylum applicants on the ground on ethics, health and accuracy.
Peter Aldous supports the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill and urges the Government to accept his amendment that would set in place a review of universal credit conditions in order to make it easier for people on universal credit to access education and training and improve their chances in the workplace.
Peter Aldous takes the opportunity of a debate on the annual up-rating of social security benefits and state pension increases to call for more support for the most vulnerable as we face the challenges of the cost of living crisis, specifically we need targeted assistance to protect those for whom the most immediate outlook is bleak.
Peter Aldous calls on the Government to review universal credit conditionality so that people in receipt of universal credit can attend college to acquire the skills in growing sectors such as offshore wind and nuclear power, and urges the Government to support a new clause that he has tabled to the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.