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We talk about the will and the power to get things done. We have officials and organisations who have the will to get things done, but they do not have the power.
The UK Labour Government is also already getting on with fixing the national health service in England, and it will get more people into work via that route.
The point relates to the dilemma that you mentioned earlier about getting people to respond well to paying taxes—well, nobody likes paying taxes, but it is about getting them to respond as well as they can.
I do not want to get into that sort of dialogue. The dialogue that I will get into is that you have made a point and I am very happy to look at that point.