The reason for my long intervention is that the hon. I appreciate that the issue is complicated, but the Secretary of State's interventions are verging on speeches. That is why there are 45 press releases and a statistically insignificant change in the amount fraud. There is a great deal of talk, but not much action. There are 82 million national insurance numbers and 48 million people of employable age.
Friend is correct.
It is important that we have effective data cleaning. My right hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden initiated such a project when he was Secretary of State in 1995. It was a good example of how the problem should be tackled. I warn the Under-Secretary, the hon.