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Child Poverty in Scotland

Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from tax credits, I would be interested to hear him clarify the point he is making about bureaucracy. One of the reasons why tax credits are often overpaid is because of the way in which the system works to ensure that people do not constantly have to give information about income changes; the system contains an element of rationalisation. Is it the Conservative party’s position that such reconciliation should be take place monthly? That would be even more bureaucratic, which is why the Government did not go down that route.