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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Local welfare safety net inquiry

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 18 September 2015 to 30 March 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 November 2015: Giles Peaker, Chair, Housing Law Practitioners Association, Paul Gray CB, Chair, Social Security Advisory Committee, Paul Howarth, Director, Welfare Reform Club, Dr Peter Kenway, Director, New Policy InstituteRachael Badger, Head of Policy Research, Citizens Advice, David Holmes CBE, Chief Executive, Family Action, Francis McGee, Director of External Affairs, Stepchange Debt Charity, Joanna Kennedy, Chief Executive, Zacchaeus 2000 Trust
  • 2 December 2015: Jill Farrar, Senior Team Manager, Blackpool Council, Councillor Paul McGlone, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Finance and Investment, Lambeth Council, and Councillor John Fuller, Vice Chairman, Resources Panel, Local Government Association and Leader South Norfolk District Council; Marcus Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Matthew Style, Director of Local Government Finance, Department for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform, and Pete Searle, Director of Working Age, Department for Work and Pensions (at 10.15am).