My hon. Friend is talking about the impact and the scale of sanctions. Does he agree that the people who are sanctioned are pushed further and further into poverty, which goes against the Government’s own stated objective of getting people into work? The further into poverty people are, the more difficult it is for them to enter the workplace.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Patricia Gibson
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 March 2023.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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2022-23
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