I think it was at the point when the Minister said that unemployment benefits were only intended to be temporary while people were in between work, and that therefore they were never expected to address poverty as such. That is the problem that we are worried about.
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Hollis of Heigham
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 5 March 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill.
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2012-13
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