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Welfare Reform Bill

I picked up three things from what the Minister said. First, he spoke of putting people first, and in this case disabled people. Nobody could take exception to that. Secondly, the Government want to avoid confusion by the duplication of existing powers. We are complaining that existing powers are not in one place or piece of legislation. It is not beyond the wit of the draftsman to import the powers already enacted in the various Acts that I read out earlier and to put them into the Bill. I cannot see that this would be in any way out of the scope of the Bill. I suppose that it is just possible that—I am stretching my imagination a thundering long way—the Law Commission will come up with that proposal. The Minister said the Law Commission had started. Law Commission reviews, in my experience, take any length of time, starting with a minimum of five years. Can the Minister tell us how far through its operation the Law Commission is?