From a sedentary position, the Minister says, “£1 million a day”, which is about the order of magnitude that we were talking about. A policy can have more than one objective. It can be designed to save money and also to deal with overcrowding. This year, I have not had anyone in my office complaining about social services criteria, but I often get people complaining about being overcrowded.
Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System)
Proceeding contribution from
John Hemming
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 March 2015.
It occurred during Estimates day on Housing Costs (Reformed Welfare System).
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