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Debate between Peter Aldous and Iain Duncan Smith(13 years, 4 months ago)
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Mr Duncan Smith
The policy is not changing. The right hon. Gentleman should have written to me and my colleague at the same time, and we would both have given exactly the same answer. We have always said that in the course of the cap, we will look at any difficult cases. [Hon. Members: “Ah!”] We have always said that. One would always do that in a transition, just as we are doing with housing benefit. I remind the right hon. Gentleman and his colleagues that the cap will come in at a gross level of £35,000 a year. I would very much like to know what their position is on the cap, because so far we have heard absolutely nothing about whether they support it or are opposed to it. Perhaps they will tell us now. Most people out there are in favour of it.
Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con)
13. Whether the mobility component of the personal independence payment will be available to people living in residential care.