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This means that if someone is trying to get CSP/CA, they would need to wait 6 months to get the qualifying benefit, then additional months for the CSP/CA claim to be processed.
There will be a sense of waiting lists just getting larger but, when we looked, we saw that it is not always the case that more people are getting treatment.
We will have to deploy a range of measures in order to get to where we need to get to. The power to establish workplace parking levies will be at the disposal of local authorities, which will make judgments about whether that is appropriate.
If the minister knocks on the same doors as I do, he will realise that people would prefer to be getting treatment in the NHS in order to get back to work, not languishing on benefits.
Perhaps the minister will take the opportunity either to dismiss that or to confirm that it is under active consideration by the Government. 11:15 That is not under active consideration.