I thank the Minister for stepping in at the last moment. May I extend my best wishes to the Minister for a speedy recovery too?

Tenants and housing associations alike are extremely concerned about the next few months and find it difficult to forward plan and to fund without assurance as to the rates of benefits. The noises made by Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, suggest that benefits may be cut, and that is extremely concerning, particularly because rents are paid through the universal credit system, and of course the local housing allowance has been frozen since 2020. What discussions, therefore, have you had with the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in London? And have you brought pressure to bear on her and the new Prime Minister to ensure that benefit levels increase in order to meet the increase in living costs, particularly rents, and that they also increase to increase the local housing allowance level?