I have made this point before: the fact that the department has always done this does not necessarily mean that it remains right. When did contracting rights start in the department? Was it 20 or 30 years ago? I think that it was something like that.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 18 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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