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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 24 February 2014.

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Photo of Julie Elliott Julie Elliott Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) 2:30, 24 February 2014

A constituent of mine recently had his benefits wrongly withdrawn. He has severe learning difficulties and cannot use the internet independently, and therefore has great difficulty in applying for jobs online. Does the Secretary of State agree that targeted support would be more successful in getting my constituent and others back into work than damaging, wrongly imposed benefit sanctions?