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Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 25 January 2016, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Freud.
Lords report stage first day. Part 2 of 3.

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768 cc1065-1095 

Session

2015-16

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Proceeding contributions

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 c1065 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

3: Clause 4, page 4, line 31, at end insert—

“Maternal...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 cc1066-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 3 I shall speak also to Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14...


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Baroness Meacher | 768 cc1068-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I strongly support the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Ramsbotham. The main a...

Earl of Listowel | 768 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

I support these amendments. I too am most grateful to the Prime Minister for his recent announcem...

Baroness Manzoor | 768 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

I too support the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, particularly Amendment 4....

Baroness Hollins | 768 c1069 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendments 5 and 6. I remind noble Lords that the terms of refe...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 768 cc1070-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an interesting group of amendments. If I heard correctly from each of the speak...

Lord Freud | 768 cc1071-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these amendments on Clause 4 have been grouped together quite widely. I will start by m...

Baroness Manzoor | 768 c1072 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I get what the Minister is trying to say but unless there is a comparator at key stage ...

Lord Freud | 768 cc1072-3 (Link to this contribution)

As the noble Baroness knows, we have a lot of information about how pupils progress. The point is...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 c1073 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these reports include the Department for Education and the Department of Health, as wel...

Lord Freud | 768 cc1073-4 (Link to this contribution)

The whole point is that these reports are published. It is a forcing mechanism to make sure that ...

Earl of Listowel | 768 c1074 (Link to this contribution)

Before the noble Lord sits down, will he reassure the House about the future of health visitors? ...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 cc1074-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to all those who have contributed to this short debate. I am particu...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Ramsbotham

5: Clause 4, page 4, line 36, at beginning insert “the healt...

Lord Ramsbotham | 768 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to test the opinion of the House.

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 c1075 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

8: Clause 4, page 4, line 41, at end insert—

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 cc1075-1080 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 8 I shall speak also to Amendment 11. Once more I have the support ...

Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope | 768 cc1080-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the case that has been powerfully made by the noble Baroness, Lady Lister. We...

Earl of Listowel | 768 c1081 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support these two amendments. In the family to which I referred earlier, Ms Lorna Scu...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 768 cc1081-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I very much support the amendment of my noble friend Lady Lister, which was supported s...

Baroness Manzoor | 768 c1082 (Link to this contribution)

We totally support this amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister. I also totally ...

Baroness Sherlock | 768 cc1082-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Lister for tabling this amendment and for introducing it s...

Lord Freud | 768 cc1083-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, let me go straight to that question while it is fresh in my mind. It is, of course, pos...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 768 c1085 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, if the Minister will allow me to say this, he is misrepresenting the statistics. It may...

Lord Freud | 768 cc1085-6 (Link to this contribution)

It may have made work pay for some people, but it had the effect that, while it was possible, thr...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 cc1086-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who spoke in support of the amendment. I am grateful t...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 c1087 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

15: Clause 5, page 5, line 23, leave out “Soci...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 cc1087-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 15 to 23. I am very grateful to the right reverend Prelat...

Bishop of Durham | 768 cc1089-1090 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support this amendment. Yesterday, I spent a delightful evening with a small number o...

Earl of Listowel | 768 c1090 (Link to this contribution)

In listening to this debate, I find myself sympathetic to the notion of social mobility but I als...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 768 cc1090-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this amendment has been moved very comprehensively by my noble friend Lady Lister and s...

Lord Freud | 768 c1091 (Link to this contribution)

These amendments seek to rename the reformed commission as the Life Chances Commission, rather th...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 768 cc1091-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lords who have spoken. I feel slightly embarrassed; I a...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 768 c1092 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Pitkeathley

24: Clause 7, page 9, leave out lines 5 and 6

Baroness Pitkeathley | 768 cc1092-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the purpose of this amendment is to remove carer’s allowance from the list of qualifyin...

Lord Freud | 768 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

It might be worth my intervening on the noble Baroness, I think, in the interests of not hearing ...

Lord Freud | 768 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

Amendment 24 seeks to remove carer’s allowance from the list of benefits that are included within...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 768 c1094 (Link to this contribution)

I am always happy to spare the Minister more vituperation, as he pleaded for. I am of course deli...

Subjects

Employment
Social security
Social security benefits

Legislation

Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16

Contains statistics

Yes

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