00:00I don't accept that, but first of all, the messages in the public domain, because the government is determined to
00:06comply, and has been determined to comply in full with the Humble Address, and that's why you're seeing messages that,
00:11yes, are embarrassing when they see the cold light of day.
00:15But let me just say in relation to Pat, because Pat is somebody I've known for some time, worked with
00:20him very closely in the Cabinet Office. He has always said, in public and in private, that the debate about
00:27social security isn't about benefit levels, it is about giving people opportunity, and indeed you've been seeing him driving forward
00:33that work over the past week, trying to deal with the issue where we have 729,000 young people who
00:41are unemployed.
00:41I know he's determined to tackle that, and we'll continue to do so.
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