Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Julie Elliott and Iain Duncan Smith

Monday 23rd June 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Duncan Smith]

Yes, they are, because they are set against means-tested benefits. I wish the hon. Gentleman would get his facts right and learn something about the benefits system. We have a system that will enable us to deliver the free school meals to those who are eligible for them, and not to those who are not eligible for them. The reality is that the mess that the Opposition left us is being cleared up and they cannot bear it. They do not even know whether they support universal credit. They flip-flop more on every policy than any other Opposition ever have.

[Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab)]

8. What estimate he has made of the number of people below the threshold for auto-enrolment in a workplace pension.