Many participants, particularly lone parents, do not progress, possibly because some of them are happy to work part-time and retain their benefits. Others, however, would choose full-time employment but cannot do so, principally due to the absence of child care. If the Minister wants to reduce the numbers of lone parents on community employment schemes, a policy with which I would have no objection in principle, she can only do so in the context of providing specific, direct support for people currently on the schemes. This could be done in a number of ways, such as providing direct subsidies for child care costs to lone parents coming off community employment schemes. The issue can only be addressed if the Government acknowledges the centrality of the child care issue in dealing with lone parents.