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Welfare Reform Bill

My Lords, my attention may have strayed, but did the Minister answer the question of the noble Lord, Lord Boswell, about the reports over the weekend that fines deducted from benefits are going up to £25, which seems to be a draconian response in the context of the riots in which we read about it? Is this something that can be done by regulation, or will it be an amendment to this piece of legislation? It is an issue about which some of us are very concerned.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c419-20GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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