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Proceeding contribution from Esther McVey (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 July 2018. It occurred during Urgent question on Universal Credit.

At the end of the letter it says that

“the Department cannot measure the exact number of additional people in employment ”.

We agree with that. We cannot measure the exact number of people in employment, but we knew that there was a plausible range—which we had had support on—of people going into employment. We also know that employment is increasing. Those were the key pertinent points from the letter, and obviously included with my apology yesterday for the phrasing of the words I got wrong—which I fully accept, which is why I came to the House—I will end that bit of the statement there.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

644 cc495-6 

Session

2017-19

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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