SOmetimes a Hashed Common ChambeR congratulated a statement of great importance – the death of a national person, a senior minister, a resignation statement by a tragedy or a tragedy.
But this was not the case Liz Kendal whose statement is in the house At the last minute, he was very criticized in the welfare bill with a prickly uncomfortable silence and behind it was a audio sound of approval from the labor bench.
Work and pension secretary In short, it was forced to enter the Commons a day earlier to underline its changes in the welfare bill made in desperation as more than 130 Labor MPs signed an amendment that would kill it.
She was in a very acidic mood in fairness for Ms. Kendal, when she first announced reforms in the profit system in March.
Work and Pension Secretary is bending too much on positive “labor measures”, which is supporting people unable to work or who need help to bring back work.
When he first announced reforms in March, it is a better approach to his “we need to save £ 5BN savings effort”.
Since then the danger of a major rebellion has forced the government to change its voice.
But the silence behind Ms. Kendal on the Labor Bench seems to have to work to convince her reluctant colleagues to support reforms.
The minister is described by a colleague as “equal to the in -charge of a house for the elderly”, which is in his role as a cabinet minister responsible for the benefit of the cabinet minister.
And his work was not helped at all from its impact assessment of the government, published a few hours before its legs, that its plans resulted in 150,000 people to drown in poverty.
It is believed that it is not as bad as 250,000 (including 50,000 children), which was killed under without plans, but it was not the news that was ever to calm a rebellion.
Debbie Abraham, chairman of the Labor Work and Pension Committee, indicated that the rebellion was still in an interview on ITV news before the statement.
After the demand by the Labor MP, things did not improve as a labor MP to postpone the law tomorrow.
The hottest day of the year was clear that despite reducing the need for a lot of savings from £ 5BN to £ 2.5BN Ms. Kendal and Prime Minister Sir Kire Stmper, what can happen in the voting lobby tonight will have to continue sweating tonight.
More than this, although the entire episode in the chamber was the symbol of a labor parliamentary party, who had gone out of patience with his leader and was being asked to support difficult decisions, many think that plain are cruel. Disability benefits, construction of two -tier welfare system, and removing winter fuel payments, people are not due to becoming Labor MPs.
Withdrawing the welfare bill or postponing the vote can prove to be an insult to the Prime Minister, but the rebellion of 50 or more MPs will also be very harmful.
The debate is ready to continue with the second reading of the bill on Tuesday, but Sir Kir will hop that the disgruntled silence soon gives way to Cheers with Labor MPs if he wants to repair his torn rights.