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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

Welfare safety net inquiry

Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Committee, 4 September 2018 to 5 November 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 16 January 2019: The Baroness Phillipa Stroud, Chair, Social Metrics Commission, Matthew Oakley, Secretariat of the Social Metrics CommissionProfessor Suzanne Fitzpatrick, Director, Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research, Heriot-Watt University, Julie Jarman, Principal, Living Standards Programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • 13 February 2019: Peter Tutton, Head of Policy, StepChange Debt Charity, Sumi Rabindrakumar, Head of Policy and Research, The Trussell Trust, Deborah Garvie, Policy Manager, ShelterSheila McKandie, Benefits and Welfare Manager, Highland Council, Veronica Dunn, Cabinet member for Resources, Newcastle City CouncilMichael Griffin, Senior Policy and Campaign Adviser, Parkinson’s UK, Sally West, Policy Manager, Income and Poverty, Age UK, Elliot Kent, Member, National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers, Fran Bennett, Member, Policy Advisory Group, UK Women’s Budget Group
  • 27 March 2019: Justin Tomlinson MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions, Neil Couling, Director General, Universal Credit Programme, Donna Ward, Policy Director, Children, Families and Disadvantage