Member

It is fair enough that, in a Bill that basically asks everybody else to be financially diligent at all times, we should say to welfare claimants that, if they make errors or mistakes, they can be pursued by quite serious threats of punishment, have their bank accounts looked at and their bank statements provided by the banks to the Government without the claimants knowing. If that is being asked, the very least that the Government should do is show that they are getting the money that they claim they are going to get in future from this Bill.