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Proceeding contribution from Anne Main (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.


Social Security

I was interested to hear that, under the automated system, everything will be put in place by one telephone call. I am sure that that is laudable in respect of those who are eligible to claim those benefits, but, given the high profile case of a lady who made 200 telephone calls and swindled £20,000 of child benefit, I would hope that some checks and balances are being put in the system that the Minister has just announced to us, to ensure that people who are claiming those benefits are entitled to do so. Otherwise, if it really takes just one telephone call, we will have another scam in which the fraudster out there—I am not saying that any of my pensioners will be doing this—becomes used to milking the system.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c593 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Council tax benefits Children Fraud Income support Increases Fuel poverty Guaranteed minimum pensions Incapacity benefit Pension credit Pensioners Workplace pensions Poverty Pensions National insurance contributions Lone parents Social security benefits Welfare tax credits Take-up Uprating Social tariffs
Legislation
Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2008
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2008
Link
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