Debate contribution: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity
Debate contribution by Ms Sian Mulholland on .
- MLA
- Ms Sian Mulholland
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 1 April 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4877153
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I thank the Minister for giving way. Minister, what would you say to those disability campaigners who say that they feel really aggrieved at the conflation of tackling fraud and disability benefit cuts? They would say to you that they are absolutely aware that there is a fraud problem in the welfare system, but when one looks at disability benefits, the figure is less than 0·2% of the entire budget, so it is less likely that someone is defrauding the system through claiming disability benefits. To conflate the two is therefore pretty offensive.
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