§ 17. Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received from political parties over the past three months concerning reforms of the benefit system. [8806]
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§ Mr. LilleyOpposition parties have criticised all the reforms of the social security system which I have announced over the last three months, as they have opposed all my previous reforms, which will save more than £5 billion by the end of the century and more than £15 billion in the longer term.
§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what effect he estimates his social security reforms will have had on public spending by the year 2050 in 1994–95 prices. [9472]
§ Mr. BurtThe major reforms announced in the last three years are expected to reduce public spending by about £15 billion per year in the longer term. It is estimated that this long-run figure will be reached by around 2030.