Welfare Reform Bill

That is welcome as far as it goes, but only as far as it goes. I am delighted that there will be backdating to the beginning of the entitlement phase, which I think were the Minister’s words. That presumably does not mean the date of the claim. I assume that it means the point at which a rapid assessment, maybe in weeks three or four, has been made. Have I got the wrong end of the stick? If so, I am sure that the Minister will tell me.