Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 24 October 2011.
I am somewhat surprised that the right hon. Lady tries to link disability living allowance to returning to work, given that in the past she has held the position that I hold now. It is absolutely clear that DLA, and indeed the PIP, which will take over from it, are not linked to work. I should think we would want to make that clear to people who are listening to these questions.