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Welfare Reform Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 November 2011. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Welfare Reform Bill.
If that is the case, and the Minister has made that point on several occasions, what does the benefit cap provide that is not catered for within the new world of universal credit? I thought that universal credit was all about merging in and out of work benefits, simplicity, making sure that work always pays and changing people's attitudes to work. That is all that the universal credit is about. How does the cap sit with that and what does it produce in terms of policy outcomes in addition to what the universal credit produces?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
732 c421-2GC 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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