Clause 58
Welfare Reform Bill
9:30 am
Kali Mountford (PPS (Rt Hon Des Browne, Secretary of State), Ministry of Defence; Colne Valley, Labour)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remarks. I referred to exactly the issues that he raises in my maiden speech, and we have moved on some distance since then. Sadly, we have now lost the constituents to whom I referred then and still time moves on. He acknowledged how speedy we must be in resolving these matters, but I hope that he also realises that people need resolution now. I accept what he says about the March time scale, but the matter must be settled before more people are lost.