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Proceeding contribution from Lord Freud (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 13 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.

Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, the direction of travel is the one that my noble friend Lord Newton was indicating. It is just not appropriate to have a system to deal with these very difficult social problems. When we have an inchoate system, as we do now, people adjust around it. That kind of partial set of solutions does not work in a coherent system. We will end up having to address particular problems properly, which is what this Government are very keen to do. It will not be appropriate to go on running a system with patches when we introduce the universal credit.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
730 c512GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Disability Disability living allowance Childcare Carers Costs Arrears Housing benefit Jobseeker's allowance Income support Housing Health Families Income Learning disability Low incomes Poverty Mortgages Nutrition Lone parents Pregnancy Welfare tax credits Young people Research Consumer prices index Employment and support allowance Universal credit Severe disability premium
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