Extract from Commons motion to approve the Employment Allowance (Increase of Maximum Amount) Regulations 2020 - May 5

Wednesday, 6 May 2020 08:20

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP) [V]:...Many of us will be in receipt of a paper from Ian Geary of the Salvation Army referring to the report that has already been mentioned, entitled “Understanding Benefits and Mental Health”. We cannot let this go by without reflecting—in a small way for this debate but in a big way for the individuals themselves—on the barriers that vulnerable groups experience, and on some of the multiple mental health challenges that they are facing. That...Request free trial