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Welfare Reform Bill

That brings me neatly to my question about contracts. Presumably, they will be block contracts. I am interested that the Minister says that the department will encourage consortia to form; that will make provision for specialist providers and the sort of people whom I have just said that I believe will be able to set up a far better relationship with the individual customer than might otherwise be the case. Does the Minister envisage those large commercial firms—as most of them are likely to be—subcontracting to the not-for-profit sector in particular cases? He talked about the contract document in the Library, but I saw nothing in that covering that point. It strikes me that it would be a good idea but I am not entirely sure that the department could force on contractors as part of the contract. If the noble Lord could respond to that, I should be happy to withdraw the amendment.