DEMANDS BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

Early day motion 1109, tabled 25 February 2014 by George Galloway (Respect). Signed by 16 members.

That this House believes that requirements by the Department for Work and Pensions that claimants must send off at least 50 job applications a week or risk having their benefits stopped is unreasonable, punitive and fruitless; concludes that it is a way of removing people from the unemployment register both to save money and to artificially deflate the figures; and further concludes that the only honourable way to slash the numbers is to create meaningful jobs, which the Government has signally failed to do.

Signatures by party: Labour 11, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Respect 1.