Social Security Regulations

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. It is nice to see more than three or four noble Lords in the Chamber for any debate on a DWP matter. I thank the Minister and other noble Lords for their kind remarks. This has been a joint effort. I am still a little unclear about why we cannot make more progress on research in this health field, which is urged at every turn by the Government. For example, Reward and Recognition, which was published in 2006, refers to effective involvement and states: ""Payment is also an option, and people should be offered reimbursement for any expenses incurred"." This is all we are asking for: that out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed in the field of health and social care and in no other field. The Minister talked about the police and all these other things, but we are talking only about the health and social care field and service users on benefits. That involves a narrow group of people and a narrow set of circumstances, but it does include health research, which will not be covered by the regulations. Will the Minister consider our having another meeting with a Jobcentre Plus official just to see whether this is a real problem that is causing confusion? I note that he says he does not think that it is, but my advisers think that it really will cause a lot of problems. This is the last thing that we need, and I wonder whether he would be willing to consider such a meeting.