Does the right hon. Gentleman not recognise that many people in this country will be shocked to learn that the official Opposition want to vote for this Bill precisely because they want to impose sanctions on people on workfare? Let me give him the example of a 58-year-old constituent of mine who has been unemployed for seven months. She was told that she had to travel miles to work in a Scope charity shop in Worthing or lose benefits. She could not afford to get to Worthing, so she offered to work in the Scope shop in Brighton, but the jobcentre would not allow it. Should she be sanctioned?
Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Caroline Lucas
(Green Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill.
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