Social Security - Minutes of Evidence [Back to Report]

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 June 1999.

TUESDAY 15 JUNE 1999

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Members present:

Mr Derek Foster, in the Chair

Ms Candy Atherton	Miss Julie Kirkbride
Mr Graham Brady	Mr Archy Kirkwood
Ms Karen Buck	July Mallaber
Mr Andrew Dismore	Kali Mountford
Mr Howard Flight	Dr Doug Naysmith
Mr John Healey	Ms Debra Shipley
Mrs Joan Humble

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

RT HON ANDREW SMITH, Minister of State for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities, Department for Education and Employment, and MS ANGELA EAGLE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security, were examined; and MR CHRIS BARNHAM, Divisional Manager, Welfare to Work Division, Department for Education and Employment and MR JEREMY GROOMBRIDGE, Policy Manager, Welfare to Work, Department of Social Security, were further examined.

Question Number

227 - 239

240 - 259

260 - 279

280 - 288

Letter to the Chairman of the Social Security Committee from Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Minister of State for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities and Ms Angela Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (SG 44)

Additional information from the Department for Education and Employment and the Department for Social Security

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Prepared 16 July 1999