Orders of the Day — Social Security

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:04 pm on 7 February 2000.

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Photo of Mr Jeff Rooker Mr Jeff Rooker Minister of State, Department of Social Security, Minister of State (Department of Social Security) 7:04, 7 February 2000

I will not. We had the cut-off point of the date in September because we guaranteed to get the winter fuel cash in hand before Christmas. I regret to say that, with the old technology that we have inherited, it takes us a long time to do it; we have to have a long run-in to do the work. This year's date will probably be a similar one.

In the meantime, we have to do the work to find the people who, for the past two years, have missed out following the court judgment.