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Welfare Reform Bill

As usual, I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. That is the advantage of what the Government are doing and the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) made that point very well. I appreciate that there are others who want to speak, but I shall finish with this point. I know that the devil is in the detail and I may be getting this totally wrong, but it would be fundamentally wrong if lone parents with a child as young as one were forced back into the workplace. [Interruption.] I see heads shaking behind the Minister, but I am concerned that that is a possibility under the Bill. I know that this will be dealt with in Committee, but Members on neither side of the House should try to make lone parents into a sort of easy headline. That may not be what the Government intend, but that needs to be clarified. I appreciate that the Secretary of State has been bold in what he is trying to do. I am not entirely sure that everything in the Bill is right, but I am leaning towards supporting the Government, despite what the right hon. Member for Birkenhead said. However, we must reserve the right to look at the details before reaching a final decision.