Welfare Reform Bill

That was an extraordinary contribution. Of course we believe that extra help—for example, the future jobs fund, which the hon. Gentleman's party closed down—should be given to get people back to work. In looking at this Bill over the past few weeks, I could not but remember Lord Birkenhead's description of Baldwin's method of Government:"““He takes a leap in the dark, looks around, and takes another.””" That is the approach that this ramshackle Bill proposes for millions of people in our country—a leap in the dark. I hope that we can begin to sort out, as is appropriate on Second Reading, where the Government have got their principles right—some of their principles are right—and where they have got them wrong. The Secretary of State says he wants to set a new course. The problem is that we are not quite sure where it will lead.