My hon. Friend makes a valuable point. Perhaps Government Members’ strategy is to follow Mitt Romney, who said that anyone who receives any welfare should be written off because they will never vote for the right-wing party. It did not work particularly well for Mitt Romney, but perhaps that is the electoral strategy of the hon. Member for Gloucester.
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Toby Perkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 21 January 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.
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