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I thank all the committee staff for helping me to get up to speed very quickly. I really appreciate all the effort that has been put into all the reports and the additional support that has been provided, which have been very helpful.
I am in favour of a fiscal framework that over time gets better at measuring what underlying eligibility should be and tries to close the gap in the take-up of benefits. 10:00 What is the likelihood of our getting that?
The Parliament would be fundamentally changing an active process of opting in to—arguably—a more passive process of opting in by doing nothing, whereby someone would have to actively opt out.
It is important that schools become actively involved in letting young men know that it is okay to go to college to study childcare or social care, and that if people do not want to go to college it is okay to get an apprenticeship.
Rather than say that a whole area is deprived, it focuses on the support that individuals need, which ensures that they get the chance to get up and get on.