Housing Benefit

Graham P Jones Excerpts
Tuesday 9th November 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Oliver Heald Portrait Mr Heald
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I am running short of time, I am afraid.

Let me turn to disincentives to work. The fact is that the Government’s welfare programme is all about trying to get people back to work. It is a big ambition to do something about the 3 million households where nobody works, even though there are people of working age.

Karen Buck Portrait Ms Buck
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