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Given that we already spend £8 billion at UK level on a system that is working for a very small proportion of parents, we should think about transferring that money to the supply side—into a Scottish system, for example—and invest that money locally.
If every kilo that that European fleet caught was put under the scrutiny that fish exporters in Britain are having to undergo to transfer goods into Europe, there would be chaos.
If you look at the forecasts that the UK Government has done, you can see that the economically more important relationship is the relationship with the European Union. Whether that fact transfers into the politics is far from clear.
The principle means, in effect, that a person’s right to social security assistance will be protected and cannot be transferred to a third party for debt recovery.
The Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 was designed specifically to transfer statutory responsibility from social work to housing and, in doing so, to open up housing allocation systems.
The first meeting back after the October recess will be on Tuesday 26 October, when we will continue to take evidence on the preventative spending inquiry.