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Debate between Conor McGinn and Lord Field of Birkenhead
Thursday 16th November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Field of Birkenhead Portrait Frank Field
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Both those statements made by my hon. Friends from east London and Hove, on the coast, are true, and I am sure they will try to catch your eye, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I move on to the theme of organised chaos. Even if we are working with CABs, every Tom, Dick and Harry organisation seems now to be embedded in the system. Jobcentre officials say that even when the system is up and running, as it is in Birkenhead, claims are closed down in error and it takes several months to rebuild them. There is no money during the rebuilding—