Welfare Reform and Work Bill

My Lords, I attached my name to this amendment because in past experiences of working with young ...

I accept everything the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, have said...

My Lords, I do not object to reviews in principle. I have done some for the Government and I am n...

My Lords, does the noble Lord not agree that the word “sanctions” is employed in my noble friend’...

In these circumstances, a word such as “provisions” would be a better and more even-handed way of...

My Lords, I also have a slight reservation about my noble friend’s amendment, but it is not the k...

My Lords, perhaps I may make two points on this very important subject, which will become more im...

My Lords, I would like to ask the Minister a question. Concerns have been expressed to me by lega...

May I correct something I said earlier? On my visit to the food bank in Tower Hamlets on Friday, ...

My Lords, I speak enthusiastically in support of Amendment 57, moved with her customary precision...

My Lords, the amendment, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and supported by the noble Bar...

So I have the Minister’s assurance that any lone parent who turns up with a toddler in tow will n...

I have already said that I cannot speak to all the facilities, but as I am writing to the noble B...

The noble Baroness said earlier that a pilot was being mounted in Scotland for five months. Is th...

No, it will be within a particular region of Scotland.

Sanctions play an important part in ...

Can the noble Baroness deal specifically with the issue of how many, if any, three-year sanctions...

JSA sanctions continue to decrease, and the JSA monthly sanctions rate has slightly fallen—by 15%...

I realise that this is a sensitive issue, but the amendment in the name of my noble friend has be...

My Lords, that was an unnecessary intervention. Most of the information that was asked for is ava...

It should not be a question of going to a website. If a question is asked on the Floor of the Hou...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response on vulnerable groups, the mentally ill and others...

I am very grateful to noble Lords who have spoken, particularly those who spoke in support of the...