Welfare Reform Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.
Welfare Reform Bill
Debate on bills on Monday, 29 January 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord McKenzie of Luton.
The answering
member was Lord Skelmersdale.
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Reference
689 c42-98Session
2006-07Legislative stage
Second readingChamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberRelated items
Welfare Reform Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 24-EN also published.
Wednesday, 10 January 2007
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Wednesday, 10 January 2007
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Morris of Manchester | 689 c56-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this is a profoundly important debate for people among the most needful in Britain today—o...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 689 c59-63 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Manchester, who has done so much...
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Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 689 c50-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, to his new DWP duties. I have always f...
Bishop of Leicester | 689 c54-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for introducing the Bill to this House. I want to speak at rath...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 689 c42-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
The reforms in this Bill mark a w...
Lord Skelmersdale | 689 c47-50 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful, as indeed the House should be, to the Minister for introducing the Welfare ...
Lord Low of Dalston | 689 c63-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill has the potential to greatly improve the support and opportunities available to ...
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 689 c70-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a great privilege and pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis. Her experi...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 689 c66-70 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, back in 1997, those of us campaigning for the poor usually did so by campaigning for highe...
Lord Best | 689 c75-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I want to add one or two further points to those already made by your Lordships on Part 2 ...
Baroness Greengross | 689 c73-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall concentrate on two areas covered by this important Bill. The first, as the noble B...
Baroness Murphy | 689 c78-80 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall address my comments to the Bill’s mental health aspects. They have already been we...
Lord Morris of Handsworth | 689 c77-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Morris of Manchester for his contribution not only t...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 689 c83 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord McKenzie, the Minister of State, for his introduction, and I ...
Countess of Mar | 689 c80-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this Bill seems to have been an awfully long time on the way, so to speak, but I am as ple...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 689 c83 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, he is not there yet.
Baroness Meacher | 689 c85-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I applaud the objective of the Bill to reduce by 1 million the number of people who are de...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 689 c91-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful for the deliberation noble Lords have given to the Bill today. It has been t...
Lord Addington | 689 c88-91 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one of the advantages of being called on to sum up a debate is that I can refer to noble L...
Lord Young of Norwood Green | 689 c83-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that was a bit of anticipation on my part.
This is essential legislation, which seeks to ...
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