I was trying to set the scene for the details, and I shall come to those now. There is a provision for uprating incapacity benefits, so the salient answer to point made by the hon. Member for South Swindon is that it is likely, given the Government's wretched record in getting people off long-term incapacity benefit, that many of the people she describes are still on that benefit. That is notwithstanding the fact that, overall—
Social Security
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James Clappison
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Social Security.
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