Welfare Reform Bill
12:00 pm
James Clappison (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Hertsmere, Conservative)
I accept that point, but this has been the problem all along. We have had this stock of claimants throughout the whole history of welfare reform over the last 10 years. There is a bit of tinkering around the edges and things happening for new people, but the stock goes on growing, but people are on the benefit for longer and longer, and in large numbers.