In Parliament - Karen Buck MP

Here you’ll find all the speeches I’ve made and the questions I’ve asked in Parliament as MP for Westminster North.

I do my best to speak up on the issues that really matter to our community and our country. If you ever want to know where I stand on something that matters to you, please feel free to email me at buckk@parliament.uk

Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has responded to the letter of 8 April 2022 from the Deputy Director of Regulation setting out the Office for...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which cross-departmental committee gave final Government approval to the amendments to the Draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions)...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date changes to the Draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendments Regulations 2018 to introduce a...

Local Housing Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 and of 13 June 2022 to Question 16823 on Local Housing Allowance, if she will place a...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16820 on Universal Credit, if she will place a copy of the Social Security Advisory...

Cost of Living

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

This has been a short debate, but a very valuable one. As always, I pay tribute to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms),...

Topical Questions

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

We are back in another short-term extension of the Transport for London funding deal. The Government cancelled a series of meetings to discuss it, and business leaders are pleading with them to...

Metropolitan Police Service

Commons debates

The accountability of the Met is complex because, among other things, the appointment of the commissioner rests with the Home Secretary, having regard to the Mayor but not as a joint appointment....

Discretionary Housing Payments

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Question 139255 on Discretionary Housing Payments, if she will commission research on the potential...

Means-tested additional payments: main payments

Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill

Karen Buck made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Minister for that introduction. There is clearly no need for me to cover the points that we discussed on Second Reading, but I will make a few comments about new clauses 1 and 2. As...

Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill

Commons debates

This has been a short but useful debate. The Opposition will not oppose or seek to delay these payments, because any measure that puts money into the pockets of people on low incomes is to be...

Sharing Economy: Short-term Letting

Commons debates

My hon. Friend has probably seen the advertising—for a while there was advertising on the London underground—saying how much more money people could get by taking advantage of...

Sharing Economy: Short-term Letting

Commons debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Nickie Aiken). As the Member for the other part of the borough of Westminster, I apologise for covering some of the same...

Universal Credit

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter from the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSCA) of 11 February 2022 to the Parliamentary...

Local Housing Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, whether her Department is collecting data on the prevalence...

Local Housing Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 243314 on Local Housing Allowance: Greater London, if she will place a copy in the Library...

Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2022 to Question 147023 on Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group, whether the Complex Needs...

Local Housing Allowance

Department for Work and Pensions

Karen Buck received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, what the source is of the data being collected on the...

Grenfell Tower: Fifth Anniversary

Commons debates

I totally agree. So many people still live with the fear, the risk and the stress of having to contribute financially. As we have said again and again, so many of the people who bear the burden...

Grenfell Tower: Fifth Anniversary

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend and agree very strongly with her. That gathering of parliamentarians, which is not on the parliamentary record, was very intense indeed. We pressed Ministers very hard for...