John Cooper

John Cooper

Conservative — Dumfries and Galloway

Speaking in the House of Commons on 1 September 2025

Debate

Welfare Fraud

Contribution

I think we can all agree that fraud strikes at the heart of the system, kicking away its underpinnings. I hope that the Government will undertake a zero-tolerance approach, unlike in Scotland, where we recently heard that £36 million of benefit money paid out in error is now not to be recovered. Does the Minister agree that that is deeply unfair to taxpayers?

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