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Welfare Reform Bill

Proceeding contribution from Terry Rooney (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 27 January 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
My right hon. Friend rightly talks about the rights and responsibilities agenda. Of course, the responsibilities of claimants are enforced through sanctions, and the state's right to co-operation is enforced similarly, but the responsibilities of the state to the claimant and the rights of the claimant tend to get diminished. Will he consider the idea of a claimant's charter, in which those rights and responsibilities are clearly delineated? Claimants would then know what they could expect, as well as their obligations.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
487 c182 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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