Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What steps her Department is taking to ensure that new universal credit recipients, who were previously entitled to severe disability premium, do not experience a reduction in benefit payments when they transition to universal credit.”
Tabled: 7 December 2021Answered: 13 December 2021
Asked by
Sarah Green
Liberal Democrat — Chesham and Amersham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mary Creagh)
We have announced plans to tighten up the regulation of those who transport and manage waste, moving them from a light-touch regime into a permitted system, which gives the Environment Agency a greater range of powers. It will also introduce the possibility of up to five years in prison for those who breach the new laws.