HC Deb 12 December 1995 vol 268 c619W
22. Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the current priorities of his Department. [3591]

Mr. Lilley

My priorities are:

  • to focus benefits on the most needy;
  • to improve incentives to work and save;
  • to encourage personal responsibility;
  • to bear down on fraud and abuse;
  • to simplify the benefits and contributions systems; and
  • to ensure that the social security system does not outstrip the nation's ability to pay.
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