Welfare Reform Bill

I do not think that the noble Baroness will be very pleased with me, but I caution the Minister in his thinking on this issue to divorce himself from any idea of introducing it in pilots. The situation between those in the pilots and those not in the pilots would be seen as monstrously unfair. I suspect that there will be a certain amount of thinking of unfairness in the pilots anyway, but that would be the straw that broke the camel’s back. If it were to be introduced after the Minister’s consultations and further thought, it should be introduced when the whole scheme goes live and not as a pilot.