Member

Likewise, regarding Amendment 6, why should the ability to undertake investigations in DWP and HMRC be excluded? These are the places where the cases are likely to be the biggest, simply because of the volume of what they do. Why is it to be assumed that they are fine and there is no need for any oversight of them at all? We know that the quality of the skill sets and the capability in these departments is not at all uniform and often is not up to the level that is required to be truly effective. I totally agree with what the Minister said earlier about how important this is. She made the point vividly. No one can argue with the fact that the victims of this kind of fraud are every taxpayer, and the numbers are extremely big.