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Iain Duncan Smith MP: speeches

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Speeches

  • 4 Nov 2025 · Welfare Spending · Hansard source
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    I am listening carefully to everything the Minister says, including about being productive. The key for him is that for the first time sickness benefit is now within universal credit, which also includes all other benefits. That gives a face-to-face opportunity with all these staff. As he gets more people back to work—particularly those who have mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, for which work is a health treatment, as the health service will say—does he anticipate calculating on the back of that whether any money will be saved as a result? If so, will he at some stage come up with a plan for saving that money?

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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained.

View as listCommunities and local government: 8Communities and local government8Culture, media and sport: 6Culture, media and sport6Defence and foreign affairs: 91Defence and foreign affairs91Democracy and constitution: 22Democracy and constitution22Economy and business: 39Economy and business39Education and skills: 2Education and skills2Environment and energy: 11Environment and energy11Health and care: 1Health and care1Housing and planning: 1Housing and planning1Immigration and borders: 2Immigration and borders2Justice and policing: 32Justice and policing32Social security and pensions: 1Social security and pensions1Transport: 9Transport9Unclassified: 40Unclassified40
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. Existing keyword taxonomy applied to official debate titles and contributions; a contribution may appear in more than one topic and unclassified records are retained. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Communities and local government8
Culture, media and sport6
Defence and foreign affairs91
Democracy and constitution22
Economy and business39
Education and skills2
Environment and energy11
Health and care1
Housing and planning1
Immigration and borders2
Justice and policing32
Social security and pensions1
Transport9
Unclassified40

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