I believe the noble Baroness to be absolutely correct. I have not developed the point because it would take quite a long time, but those of us who have dealt with these situations in constituencies over the years will know that it is much more resource-intensive to go down the route proposed by the Government than that proposed in our amendments, where the court would decide rather than having a great determination by the commission and then an appeal. The whole thing would take months and cost an absolute fortune. So it is beyond question that our proposal is less resource-intensive and much more sensible.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Goodlad
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 2 July 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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