Amendment of the Law

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:17 pm on 28 April 2009.

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Photo of James Purnell James Purnell Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 5:17, 28 April 2009

Just to correct the right hon. Lady, it will actually start from the autumn. The guarantee starts from January. This is a massive improvement in policy and it clearly takes a bit of time to put in place. We need to get bids from local councils, but even doing that is quick. The help that we said in the pre-Budget report that we would provide is already here, as is the help that we announced in January. It all came in on time. The right hon. Lady can complain about it not coming in quickly enough—it would not come in at all under her party.