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Welfare Reform and Incapacity Benefit

The hon. Lady should pay more attention to Liberal Democrat policy statements. Perhaps she would like a standing invitation to the conferences that my party holds around the country, as that would enable her to track the development of our policy on these matters. However, I can assure her that my party’s policy is to fold the CSA into the Inland Revenue. That is because the Inland Revenue already collects a lot of information about the incomes of people who evade their responsibilities, and because it would be easier to deduct the money owed at source.