Liz Kendall
Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
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Recent Debate Contributions
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Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
30/06/2025 • Commons
I gently remind the right hon. Lady that her own party had different rules and different rates for people on existing benefits compared with those on ...
I can absolutely reassure my hon. Friend about that. Many hon. Members have asked for precise details about how this process will work, and it is extr...
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Welfare Reform
29/06/2025 • Commons
I absolutely agree. Let us be honest: today’s economy is brutal for people without skills. We are already setting out our plans to reform the system o...
Our Minister for Employment is indeed overhauling our jobcentres so that they provide personalised, tailored support for people to get into work, not ...
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Severely Disabled People: East Worthing and Shoreham
22/06/2025 • Commons
I know the brilliant work that the RNIB does and the brilliant sight services locally in Leicester—I have visited them myself. I would say to the hon....
I thank my hon. Friend for the work he is doing locally. As I said, those with severe lifelong conditions —progressive conditions that will never impr...
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Topical Questions
22/06/2025 • Commons
My hon. Friend will know that this Labour Government are investing billions extra into the NHS precisely so that we can drive down waits for vital ope...
Nine out of 10 people who are on PIP when the changes come in will be unaffected by the end of this Parliament. Anybody who is affected will keep that...
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Child Poverty
22/06/2025 • Commons
The hon. Gentleman will know that that assessment does not take into account all the steps that we are taking to get more sick and disabled people int...
I thank my hon. Friend for her important question. I can absolutely confirm that the child poverty strategy will be looking at all the levers we need ...
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Personal Independence Payment
22/06/2025 • Commons
I absolutely will consider that. In fact, I ask my hon. Friend and his constituents to feed into the work that my right hon. Friend the Minister for S...
I do not recognise the attitude that the hon. Member describes—quite frankly, we feel precisely the opposite. This vital benefit makes a crucial contr...
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Topical Questions
11/05/2025 • Commons
I will certainly discuss that with the Health Secretary. We have a joint work and health programme and team, who are really trying to join these two i...
I will absolutely take that away to look at it.
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Personal Independence Payment: Disabled People
11/05/2025 • Commons
The hon. Gentleman’s figures are the number of people right now who may have fewer than four points on PIP. These changes are not coming in overnight—...
My right hon. Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disability is working closely with all the devolved Administrations to ensure that the chang...
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Personal Independence Payment: Assessment Review
11/05/2025 • Commons
I do not recognise the way the hon. Lady framed the Prime Minister’s answer. We want a social security system that protects those who can never and wi...
Our objective is to give disabled people more independence by ensuring that those who can work have the support to do so. We have clear evidence that ...
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Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill
28/04/2025 • Commons
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
This Labour Government were elected on a mandate for change—to create more good jobs in ev...
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