§ Baroness Miller of Hendonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Whitty on 27 February (WA 117) and on 26 March (WA 247), what the Secretary of State for International Development meant in the interview which was published in the 20 February edition of the New Statesman when she said, "The way our society is structured is malfunctioning grossly. If you take benefit fraud, some of that is lone mums doing a bit of cleaning to get a bit more money for their children. Under our system that's fraud. We shouldn't have a structure like that. They are good women who are trying to help their kids. It's a system that belittled people". [HL1396]
§ Lord WhittyI have nothing to add to previous Answers on this question.