Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 February 1991.
Opposition Members welcome any improvement in efficiency and we are also pleased with any crackdown on abuse. In looking at the savings that can be made, however, should not the Government spend more time on a major factor—the national insurance fund? How does the Minister justify the £6 billion lost to the taxpayer through the Government's bribe to people leaving the state scheme to enter the private sector?