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Social Security, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007

I was being facetious, my Lords. There is no conflict in the facts. I understand everything that the Minister said; nothing that he said was particularly new to me. Both he and Mr Plaskitt have responsibility to watch carefully the consequences of the change. With my usual rhetorical flourish, I was saying that once a week people would be advised to make claims, and of course they will not be. However, how does someone test when they pass the appreciable ““period of time”” test if they do not make regular and repeated applications?