Welfare Reform Bill

I accept the Minister’s view that the amendment goes far, far too wide—it was intended to cover not everyone on the assessment phase but a grey area where the first interview has not given rise to a definitive assessment. On that basis, I shall, of course, look at this matter again. I was interested in the Minister’s comment that monetary effects of sanctions would not bite until after the assessment phase was over. I assume that that does not mean 13 weeks, but however long it takes for the assessment period to be over. I see the Minister nodding. Good. Therefore, if there was a quick return to work, which there might be, it would presumably affect the £40 back-to-work grant. Would that be the case?