Proceeding contribution from Lord Howard of Lympne (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 5 March 2007. It occurred during Urgent question on Welfare Reform.

Welfare Reform

I, too, hope that the Secretary of State will implement the proposals in the Freud report, but why did he find it necessary to commission it? Why did he not simply adopt the similar proposals set out in the James review and put forward by the Conservative party at the last general election? Unfortunately, his predecessor, now the Education Secretary, described those proposals as ““dangerous””, and said that they would mean"““massive cuts in front-line services and less help to get people into work””." Will he now apologise for his predecessor’s inexcusable scaremongering in respect of what he now acknowledges to be perfectly sensible proposals?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 457 c1290-1
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Welfare to work Welfare to Work Review Contracts for services Jobseeker's allowance Jobcentres Private sector Jobcentre Plus Incapacity benefit Lone parents Social security benefits Long term unemployed people Public private partnerships Social security Training Unemployed people
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Welfare Reform

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