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The Government have also rejected the calls from many of us to publish a full impact assessment, stating, as the Minister has done again today, that they had already published such an assessment. I would be grateful if the Minister could point me to those figures, because, as it stands, the impact note published on 13 November 2024 fails to mention a single one of the sectors in the review amendment. It does not refer a single time to charities with an annual revenue of less than £1 million, early years providers, hospices, the hospitality sector, pharmacies, small businesses, social care or transport for children with special educational needs or disabilities. Yet we know from multiple surveys by charities and business organisations about the negative impact of these changes on headcount and costs—and that is before they have even come into effect.