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Sunak:
"We’re looking at pace at what support can be provided.
The fact is that [the 5m group] that we’re dealing with contains such a wide variety of different people where we don’t have the ability to target support - that’s the challenge that we have in designing something that gets to the people that we want it to help whilst at the same time being affordable, not having to benefit absolutely everybody.
That is proving to be problematic, but we are hard at work on it.
In terms of delivery, it is almost certainly going to be the case that we would have to build another brand new system to deliver any support.
I think it’s right, and I’m sure honourable members on both sides of this house would agree, that in terms of prioritising system design, the scheme we have set up for 90% of the workforce that is employed should be delivered first and quickly, and that is what we have committed to do, ideally by the end of April."
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay said:
We know many self-employed people are in distress but we are working urgently to address this problem, and I say to the self-employed, we have not forgotten you, help is coming.
But the policy and delivery is complex and we cannot and should not rush to announce a scheme that begs more questions than it answers.
Sir Ed Davey said:
It is not uncommon for the self-employed, when they do their annual self-assessment tax return, to have to pay money back to the Treasury - surely if money is given now so they can deal with the cash flow, capped, in a temporary scheme, then that money can be clawed back the next time they do their self-assessment if it turns out that they didn’t need it.
Mr Barclay replied:
He’s absolutely right, urgency is important, that is why the Chancellor is engaged on this, but it is a complex population that we are seeking to target.