There are enough mutinous MPs to sink almost any legislation, and he is in no position to face them down in the name of the bigger picture.
Fraud Awareness Week is a chance to reflect on the huge costs such crimes impose on British business.
WPI Economics, which has been crunching numbers for the first, has also taken an interest in the second.
Over a third of those who asked a question during a Hancock statement yesterday were to some degree resistant to such shutdowns.
More women. Fewer minorities. Lots of councillors and former candidates. And fewer married people. Our complete guide to the new intake of Tory MPs.
This a small change in practice, but, it is a difference which will change lives, reduce crime and help stop the merry-go-round in our prison estates.