News: Parliamentary Work & Pensions Committee recalling IDS on Monday for grilling on Universal Credit v3.0
IDS v WPC Part Three – shortly to be renamed Total (Lack Of) Recall!
Coming soon to a committee room in Westminster – and I can’t wait!
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Reblogged this on The Greater Fool.
I don’t understand what the role of the select committee is? or should I say what their powers are. I watched the last debacle & although they grilled him, he just walked away nothing done about the disgrace of a man IDS & his heinous department DWP. They do not appear to be answerable to anyone, so what is the point of a select committee? apart from wasting even more tax payers money.
Select committees may only examine the work of government departments and report back to Parliament – and the public – on their findings. They have no power to change what departments are doing – only to criticise.
I think this Parliament has been an eye-opener for millions of people who thought that checks and balances were in place to prevent the government of the day from wholesale slaughter of our way of life. In fact the government may do whatever it wants.
The only way a select committee can exert influence over the government of the day is if it releases a report so damning that ministers fear their future electability will be at stake if they do not act.
well lets hope they do!
I wonder how long it will be before everyone realises that the quickest, fairest, cheapest thing to do is simply scrap RTU & UC.
Monday 3 February at 4.30 pm.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/news/ara-ev2/
Unfortunately if there is any way to enforce these levels on the DWP, they will only retaliate by upping conditionality, vexatious sanctions, and Atos targets. Sigh!
I just hope they show them up to the rest of the nation but don’t hold my breath
There was a time when someone who is working took no notice, because it didn’t affect them, but now their immediate family members are being cruelly affected, lets say the grapevine is a wonderful thing and coupled with facebook and twitter things can go viral!!!
Reblogged this on kickingthecat.
no respect for any of them anymore. time to bulldoze parliament. waste of money the waffling lot of them
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