On that point, could my right hon. Friend have a word with the Prime Minister? It was certainly the Prime Minister's view that keeping benefits so low was not an incentive to get people back to work; it did not help people to get back to work if there were no jobs available for them.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lynne Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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