§ Baroness Miller of Hendonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 27 February (WA 117), whether the statement made by the Secretary of State for International Development in an interview in the New Statesman on 20 February to the effect that concealing earnings while receiving benefit should in some cases not continue to be treated as fraud represents government policy. [HL1048]
§ Lord WhittyThe noble Baroness appears to have misunderstood the Secretary of State for International Development's interview. That is not what she said, and it is not her view.