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Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 7 December 2015, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Freud.
Lords committee stage first day. Clause 11 agreed to. Clause 12 under consideration. Part 2 of 3.

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Reference

767 cc1362-1383 

Session

2015-16

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Baroness Meacher | 767 c1362 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Meacher

3: Clause 11, page 13, line 12, at end insert—

“( ) T...

Baroness Meacher | 767 cc1362-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 3 seeks to exclude all families with a disabled child from the two-child limi...


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Baroness Pitkeathley | 767 c1364 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support these amendments. It is very important to remember that being the parent of a...

Baroness Sherlock | 767 cc1364-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 19, standing in my name and that of my noble friend Lord M...

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 767 cc1365-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I put my name to Amendment 3, and I support the powerful speech made by the noble Baron...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1366 (Link to this contribution)

I was not going to add to the very powerful opening speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, b...

Earl of Listowel | 767 cc1366-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Meacher in her amendment, which she so eloquently expres...

Baroness Manzoor | 767 c1367 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we on these Benches support this amendments, too—Amendment 3 in particular. The House n...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 767 c1367 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to make a brief point in support of the powerful case that has already been made...

Baroness Tyler of Enfield | 767 cc1367-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, very briefly, I lend my support to these very important amendments. We have heard some ...

Lord Freud | 767 cc1368-9 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for this debate and, particularly, I heard the point made by the noble Barone...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

Given the amendments that we have debated so far—in the first group, the second group and now thi...

Lord Freud | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

I am simply not in a position to deal with what are entirely hypothetical issues. I am not in a p...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

Can I push the Minister on this? In earlier debates, he was saying that the two main drivers for ...

Lord Freud | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

I am not in a position to answer those questions because I have had all kinds of amendments table...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

So are the Government really saying, “We are opposing amendments because we can’t afford them”, b...

Lord Freud | 767 c1369 (Link to this contribution)

I have given out as much information as I can on the questions at this stage and indicated what t...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

If the Minister is not in a position tonight to answer those questions, can he give an indication...

Baroness Sherlock | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before the Minister answers that, can I just say that I have found his responses today ...

Lord Freud | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

I would never launch something at noble Lords on Report in that way. Let me go and think about ho...

Earl of Listowel | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, will the Minister consider writing me a letter about improving access to childcare for ...

Lord Freud | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

Can I look at it? I am not sure quite how much of this is in my own purview. If I can, I will.

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1370 (Link to this contribution)

I am amazed this information was not available at the Commons stage of this Bill, given it has be...

Lord Freud | 767 c1371 (Link to this contribution)

I think I have to fall back on the position that we have produced an analysis that is published a...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 767 c1371 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Lord is correct but women still tend to bear the main responsibility for the care of ch...

Lord Freud | 767 c1371 (Link to this contribution)

We are getting way off but our evidence is that the vast bulk of households share financial resou...

Baroness Meacher | 767 c1371 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the many noble Lords who have spoken in this relatively short but very powerful...

Baroness Sherlock | 767 cc1371-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I propose that Clauses 11 and 12 do not stand part of the Bill. We have heard during th...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 767 cc1374-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was so disappointed with the Minister’s responses to the olive branch that the noble ...

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 767 cc1375-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will make just two points. First, although it makes me sound old-fashioned, I am in f...

Earl of Listowel | 767 cc1378-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in listening to this debate, a few things have become clearer to me. One is how importa...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1379 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a Bill that my noble friend Lord McKenzie has gone on record as saying—and I ce...

Bishop of Portsmouth | 767 cc1379-1380 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I express my strong concern about these clauses remaining part of the Bill. I offer thr...

Lord Freud | 767 c1380 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Clauses 11 and 12 introduce the Government’s reform to the child element of child tax c...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 767 c1380 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the point my noble friend was making was not just about replacement fertility rates. Gi...

Lord Freud | 767 c1381 (Link to this contribution)

We are going way off the core issues by looking at the times people retire. A lot of things are c...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 767 c1381 (Link to this contribution)

Subsequent to that, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced its own assessment, whi...

Lord Freud | 767 c1381 (Link to this contribution)

I believe there has been correspondence with it, which I think is public.

Lord Freud | 767 c1382 (Link to this contribution)

That is the best I can do at this stage. However, I accept that that is a bit tentative as an ans...

Earl of Listowel | 767 c1382 (Link to this contribution)

Before the noble Baroness responds—and I do not wish to keep the Committee from its dinner—while ...

Lord Freud | 767 c1382 (Link to this contribution)

I will just deal with that. In universal credit we are producing something very clearly tapered, ...

Baroness Sherlock | 767 cc1382-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have debated a lot of subjects with the Minister over the last few years, and I am no...

Subjects

Social security benefits

Legislation

Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16

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