Member

The concern remains that too many people are being consigned to sickness benefits without proper reassessment or support. Can the Minister provide a timeline for the Green Paper on welfare reform and clarify when we can expect actual decisions on the ground to be made? If she cannot tell us the contents of the Green Paper—I realise that she may not be able to—can she at least tell us what to expect in terms of process? Will there be, for example, a White Paper after the Green Paper, and how long will that take? I lived in hope that a decision on welfare reform would be made today, in addition to the announced cuts in overseas development aid, in line with the increase in defence spending—on this aspect, we are in favour.