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Welfare Reform Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 19 March 2007, in the House of Lords.
Welfare Reform Bill. Lords Report stage. Part 1 of 3 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

690 c1012-41 

Session

2006-07

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Welfare Reform Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1038 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. I was grateful to him when I heard of the original undertak...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1037-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I recognise the concern underlying the amendment that the revised PCA descriptors and scor...

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Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 690 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down again—I am not quite sure which noble Lord will sit down, ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1038-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps I may press him on the matter. He said that his a...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1039 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister obviously does not want to come back. I have already tried to beg to press th...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1032 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sympathetic to these amendments, although jobseeker’s allowance will continue alongsi...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1032-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness’s amendments all concern the social model of disability. These amendmen...
Baroness Greengross | 690 c1035 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for those reassurances. I am not certain why an eligibility test, if ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1035-6 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 16: 16: After Clause 9 , insert the following new Clause— ““Report The Secreta...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 690 c1036-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, having run the first lap of this amendment in Committee, I am happy to pass the baton to t...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 690 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we agree entirely with the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, in her attempt to move towards...
Baroness Greengross | 690 c1030-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: 8: Clause 8, page 6, line 12, leave out ““or”” and insert ““and”” The nobl...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1030 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it most certainly was not my intention to intervene or interfere with the underlying princ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1029-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the thrust of the principle involved here is that we should look at individual cases to se...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 690 c1029 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister, but I find it difficult to see how he can assess wheth...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1029 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not believe that we can estimate that with precision. While we know the number of cus...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1027-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment is intended to allow people suffering from the most serious conditions and t...
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 690 c1028-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the Minister give an indication of his department’s estimate of the number of people w...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1026-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: Clause 2 , page 3, line 4, at end insert ““, or ( ) he is undergoing or ...
Lord Addington | 690 c1027 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall briefly come in behind this amendment. The most important part is not so much that...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 690 c1021 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was a very positive and perceptive intervention by the former Minister, the noble Bar...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 690 c1020-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords, I very much hope that my noble friend will be able to support the ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1020 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not going to intervene in this debate, but two things occur to me, having heard the ...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 690 c1019-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the amendment, because, having read all the information from the Disability Righ...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 690 c1023 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is my noble friend confirming that no staff member in a local benefit office could decide ...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1023 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that everybody who is on employment and support allowance will be within the sco...
Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 690 c1023 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could the Minister help me on this? He spoke very carefully; I listened to the syntax. Wha...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1021-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas, for raising this matter and giving us a chance to...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 690 c1015-7 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: After Clause 1 , insert the following new Clause— ““Public involvement (...
Baroness Meacher | 690 c1017-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the broad thrust of the amendment. My perspective is that of a chairman of a men...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1025 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thought that the noble Lord would ask me that when I spoke earlier. Perhaps I may write ...
Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay | 690 c1025 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as the noble Lord is telling us that he is making a significant change, what is the additi...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1025 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, quite a lot. The cap on the earnings-related component is driven by the various allowances...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1025 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, although aligning the earnings rules within the limit for...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1025-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps it would be helpful if I restated precisely what I said so that there is no confus...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 690 c1025 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have had to cross out the word ““disappointed”” in my reply. I thank all noble Lords who...
Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 690 c1026 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, once again I thank the Minister for clarifying that point. I beg leave to withdraw the ame...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1024 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords. With respect, we are dealing with two separate things: one is permitted work rules and...
Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 690 c1024 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, could the Minister help me? I wonder whether there would be a difference between the two g...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1024-5 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords. The local authority councillor test is different because the permitted work rules as ...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1015 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is exactly what I thought. I am also grateful for the confirmation that any one descr...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1012-3 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Clause 1 , page 2, line 4, after second ““his”” insert ““overall”” The...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1013-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments and the arguments put forward by the noble Lord are very similar to those...
Lord Skelmersdale | 690 c1015 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for going rather further than he did in Committee in ex...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 690 c1015 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is true that if we wanted to change what we said in how the draft regulations are curre...
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