Yes. Our analysis of this area tells us that people who own houses are highly incentivised to go back to work and that changing the system—at huge cost, I might add—does not have any additional incentivising effect, so it would be wasted money.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Freud
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 13 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
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