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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 June 2025
Debate
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) BillContribution
In thinking that the issue of sickfluencers is important, it is almost as though the Opposition have picked up on some meme. Sickfluencers are a trivial, unimportant part of this debate. If the Opposition would like to know what is really influencing more and more people to think that they need welfare when perhaps they do not and should not have it, they should consider these broader cultural trends. I would be much more sympathetic if they went down that path. In case anyone thought that was a Second Reading speech, this is the last time I will speak, but I have wanted to get that off my chest for a while.
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