My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I draw the Prime Minister’s attention to comments by the Chairman of the Catholic Social Justice Council, Bishop Christopher Saunders, who said on ABC radio this morning:

It seems to me that, if somebody is at your door and they’re in dire straits and they need help, it is better to help them there and then rather than say, ‘Listen, come next week when I’ve had time to write a letter about it.’

Prime Minister, why won’t you support the coalition’s plan to provide urgent relief to single age pensioners?