The real object of this Bill and that presented to the House in December is to implement the changes announced in the last budget. Most of the increases this year are puny in the extreme. This is because the management of the economy in the past year, particularly the large splurge of spending that took place before the election, has left us all trying to catch up with the financial irregularities that currently pertain. That is why the poorest of the poor will have to put up with very insignificant increases in respect of many schemes this year.