I have dealt with lots of soldiers in my life, some of whom are not very literate. One thing that always frightened them was letters. I have a feeling that people get sanctioned because they ignore the letter that comes through their letterbox and are frightened to open it because of the consequences of doing so. In one or two cases even in my constituency, which is relatively wealthy, people have ignored letters, and are therefore sanctioned because they are fearful of opening the envelope. When they have nothing, they need to try to get money. Sadly, people might try to get money by turning to crime.
Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Bob Stewart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill.
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Session
2012-13
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2013-11-20 11:30:08 +0000
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