Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Social Security – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 June 1991.
Will my hon. Friend confirm that the average family in need now receives about £30 a week in family credit compared with about £11 a week under the old income supplement scheme? Is not that evidence of our ability to deliver to families in social need and does not it compare favourably with the wild and uncosted promises from the Labour party?