Select committees publish early Xmas gifts
Despite the Commons rising for the Christmas break, three select committee reports have been released today.
The House of Commons work and pensions committee publishes its report looking at the proposed changes to housing benefit.
It urges the government to monitor the impact of the changes and be prepared to increase the £190m fund it has set aside to smooth the transition to the new system and help local authorities deal with possible increases in homelessness.
The House of Commons environment committee publishes a report voicing concern over the adequacy of government funding for flood defences, after cuts announced in chancellor George Osborne's spending review.
And the House of Commons welsh affairs committee publishes its report looking at the Severn Crossings Toll.
According to the group of MPs, tolls should be slashed on the Severn Crossings to as little as £1.50, once they revert to public ownership.
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