Angela Crawley
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(8 years, 11 months ago)
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David Mundell
We have made our position clear—we are keeping child benefit.
Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)
Will the Secretary of State acknowledge that the people most likely to be impacted by the changes to the child benefit policy are the most vulnerable individuals in society? Those people are also the most likely to be affected by the changes made in the welfare reforms implemented by this Government.
David Mundell
I could not have been clearer—we are retaining child benefit and keeping to the promises made in the election campaign. We are also devolving significant responsibility for welfare to the Scottish Parliament, so that if it wishes to make alternative decisions, it will have the capacity to do so, provided that it can pay for them.