Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: speeches

Speeches

• 30 Jun 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source

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  I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. I wonder if she will reflect on whether the Bill before us tomorrow is the best way of making welfare policy. Would it not be better to withdraw the Bill and wait for the Timms review to complete its important work?

• 17 Jun 2025 · Disabled People in Poverty · Hansard source

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  I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. I will later talk about the evidence that we need to see before we come to a vote.

• 17 Jun 2025 · Disabled People in Poverty · Hansard source

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  I will give way to somebody who has not already spoken.

• 17 Jun 2025 · Disabled People in Poverty · Hansard source

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  I absolutely agree with the hon. Member. All the things I described need to be addressed, but the fear among disabled people is that the changes outlined in the “Pathways to Work” Green Paper, which may or may not find their way into the Bill, amount to piling more cuts on to an already broken system.

• 17 Jun 2025 · Disabled People in Poverty · Hansard source

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  Veterans, like every disabled individual, should get the support they deserve. Labour created the modern welfare state, underpinned by universalist principles, to provide dignity and fairness to people when they need a helping hand. That, in my view, is what we should be doing now.

• 17 Jun 2025 · Disabled People in Poverty · Hansard source

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  The hon. Member makes an excellent point, and it is certainly a campaign that I would put my weight behind.

• 20 May 2025 · Pensions: Expatriates · Hansard source

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  Yes, I wholeheartedly agree that now is the time to grasp an issue that successive Governments of all shades have failed to grasp. This is the Government’s chance to do something positive for older people by ending the injustice once and for all, and I urge them to do so.

• 29 Apr 2025 · Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill · Hansard source

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  I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I will cover the connection between this piece of legislation and the Green Paper shortly.

• 29 Apr 2025 · Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill · Hansard source

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  As I have tried to explain, the Bill introduces fundamental changes to the nature of our welfare system and its use.

• 1 Apr 2025 · Trail Hunting · Hansard source

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  My hon. Friend is making a powerful case. While a pledge to ban trail hunting is welcome, I fear that it could be insufficient. If legislation focuses solely on the term “trail hunting”, hunts may adopt new euphemisms to exploit existing loopholes to continue their activities. Does my hon. Friend agree that effective reform must go beyond a symbolic ban and address the entire framework that enables illegal hunting to carry on?

• 18 Mar 2025 · Welfare Reform · Hansard source

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  Being healthy is shaped by the world around us, from the homes we live in to the air we breathe and the money in our pockets. Does the Secretary of State agree that there is a moral case for tackling the social determinants of ill health and the causes of poverty, rather than cutting the benefits of the most vulnerable people in our society?

• 17 Mar 2025 · Unemployment Trends · Hansard source

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  Disabled people often face additional barriers when trying to get back into work. Does the Minister acknowledge that rather than freezing or cutting their benefits, we will need to invest in those people to help them back into work and to sustain them there?

• 3 Dec 2024 · National Insurance Contributions · Hansard source

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  What reassurance can the Minister give to hospices such as Julia’s House, which serves my constituents, which are concerned by the planned increase in national insurance contributions and the impact that will have on the services they provide?

• 7 Oct 2024 · Winter Fuel Payment: Medical Conditions · Hansard source

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  We know that 2 million older people currently live in poverty in this country, with millions more with incomes just above the poverty level. Does the Minister agree that the Government should set up a pensioner taskforce to look at how pensioner poverty can be tackled once and for all?