I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord, but this is an important point. What if the person cannot read? A significant number of children leave school functionally illiterate, and we have immigrants and the wives of immigrants who do not speak English at all, and indeed many who cannot read. What happens then? The Minister is outlining a most threatening situation for those sorts of people.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Northbourne
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 15 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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