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I would not call it, as someone did earlier, a form of cost shifting. Although having the best of intentions, organisations have inadvertently created more negative outcomes.
You will not replace a human being with any computer system. A human being is the best computer system, and has innate instincts when it comes to dealing with someone on the other end of the line.
I believe that this is one case in which the public interest would be best served by hearing the advice that shaped the Government’s assertion that ECHR compliance is not a threat to the bill.
To give people with addiction problems free bus passes does not seem to be the best way of supporting them. There are passes for disabled people with a companion.10:15 There are issues, but that is a local part of the scheme and not so much what the Government does.
I will use the example of health, which I frequently use because I know it best. If you go over that cap—even for good reasons such as trying to boost the economy and spend more in the short term—less money can be spent in the here and now on the revenue needs of the health service.
However, given that we are demand constrained, what is the best kind of situation to have? To be honest, I would prefer our situation to the Spanish situation.
Some element of that must be about supporting the economy—and perhaps, given the current circumstances, even kick-starting it as best we can. I agree with Jim Hayton.