My Lords, I understand where the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, is coming from and, indeed, I talked about the outcomes for the individual children. On the financial side, have the Government considered the expenditure that other departments will now—or would probably—have to make if this provision goes through as it is currently drafted? My noble friend Lady Sherlock asked the Minister about that and I do not think that he addressed it. While the Department for Work and Pensions may save, other departments will then have to pay more—and the cost of care, of course, is much greater than the cost of tax credits for kinship carers. Have the Government built in the assumptions around that, which are clearly very important?
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 7 December 2015.
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Debate on bills on Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
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