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BUSINESS QUESTION – GETTING ANSWERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS - 02 July 2026

BUSINESS QUESTION – GETTING ANSWERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS - 02 July 2026

Sir Julian Lewis: May we have a statement from a Work and Pensions Minister on the lack of routes through which right hon. and hon. Members can contact the Department on behalf of constituents who, as in the case of one chronically ill lady whom I represent, have lost universal credit and wish to challenge that? She has been struggling for more than a year, whereas we have been struggling only for the last six months, to get an answer out of the Department. When the Leader of the House sends on that request, as he always assiduously does, may I include a summary sheet about this case for him to include with his letter to the Minister?

[The Leader of the House of Commons (Sir Alan Campbell): The right hon. Gentleman may indeed include that, and I will take this up with the Minister, because I know that his frustrations are shared by many Members of the House. If he lets me have that information, I will get on with it.]