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Jobseeker’s Allowance (Skills Training Conditionality Pilot) Regulations 2010

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very full answer. I dare say that he was as surprised as I was that my noble friend compared conditionality to manure. I am just glad that nobody said "Ordure, ordure" at that point—I am afraid that that is not original. I am grateful to the noble Lord and to my noble friend for his support, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Morris. The contradiction between personalised help and sanctions was raised in the evaluations—I did not make it up. The evaluations pointed out the contradiction and showed that a lot of personal advisers were not happy about on the one hand being very helpful to their clients and on the other hand having to run the sanctions regime at the same time. However, all I can do is to wish the pilot success. I shall read the Minister’s answers in Hansard. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment withdrawn. Motion agreed.