Debate on the work of the DWP in Plymouth
12 November 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Labour MP, Linda Gilroy, raised a Westminster Hall adjournment debate on the work of the Department of Work and Pensions in Plymouth. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Helen Goodman, responded for the Government
- Commons Hansard: Debate on the work of the DWP in Plymouth
- Topical issues: Benefits administration
- About Parliament: Adjournment debates
An adjournment debate is simply a way of having a general debate without requiring the House to vote.
At sittings in Westminster Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are two one-and-a-half hour debates and three half-hour debates. The one-and-a-half hour debates are intended to be more general involving a number of MPs.
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