My Lords, I applaud the Government’s efforts to swing around the rather cumbersome vehicle of incapacity benefit. I pay tribute to him and to my noble friend Lady Hollis on their role in formulating these imaginative proposals. Perhaps I may enter one caveat. Will Ministers bear in mind that pressure of any kind on vulnerable people would be unacceptable and that ultimately the only person who really knows whether they can work is the disabled person?
Welfare Reform Green Paper
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Ashley of Stoke
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 24 January 2006.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Welfare Reform Green Paper.
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