The new clause is laudable, and in an ideal world we would all want to support it, but can the hon. Lady tell the House what it would cost each year to give the higher level of unemployment benefit to the under-25s? Does she have an estimate of that? I believe that it is relevant, given that resources are tight. The Government have a difficult job in deciding how best to spend their limited resources, upon which there are many demands.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Spink
(Independent (affiliation))
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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