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Welfare Reform and Work Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Pitkeathley (Labour) in the House of Lords on Monday, 25 January 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

I am always happy to spare the Minister more vituperation, as he pleaded for. I am of course delighted with what he said, with the

recognition that the Government have given to the contribution which carers make and to their inability to mitigate the effect of the cap in other ways. Certainly, some carers combine paid work with caring but, as I have said, for many their caring responsibilities are too heavy for them to do that without enormous stress. I am very glad that the Minister has taken account of that, and that the Government have taken account of the very strong wording of the High Court judgment. The wording was extremely well put but extremely firm. It would have been very difficult to understand if the Government had not heeded the very strong words of that High Court judgment. At the time, it seemed that there was neither logic nor justice in the Government’s position. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

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Reference

768 c1094 

Session

2015-16

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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