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Debate between Steve Reed and Iain Duncan Smith
Monday 18th November 2013

(11 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Iain Duncan Smith Portrait Mr Duncan Smith
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I agree with my hon. Friend. The reality is that of more than 19,000 householders capped in mid-September 2013, 60% were lone parents and 78% were capped by £100 or less a week. This is a system that is returning fairness to the whole programme. The Opposition opposed the cap, and it is worth remembering that even though the trade union leaders opposed it, 80% of Unite members support our policy on welfare reform, as I discovered from a poll the other day.

Steve Reed Portrait Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North) (Lab)
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6. What progress he has made on delivering his target of 160,000 Youth Contract wage incentives by April 2015; and if he will make a statement.

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