Welfare Reform and Work Bill

My Lords, this amendment relates to a situation that we touched on earlier, when we were debating...

My Lords, this amendment, in the name of my noble friend Lady Hollis, would exempt from the cap w...

My Lords, as I have already set out, those with a sustained work history benefit from a nine-mont...

I thank my noble friend Lady Sherlock. The Minister’s answer is that if a woman has a partner, he...

One of the things we have tested rather thoroughly through the courts is the role of discretionar...

In that case, why do such women not fall within the Government’s guidelines as having high priori...

I just want to make the point that DHPs can be used for the long term. They are not just a tempor...

I do not know how many local authorities the Minister has spoken to about their use of DHPs, but ...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

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My Lords, Amendment 27 stands in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sherlock. This is also ...

Amendment 27 seeks to exempt people in temporary accommodation from the benefit cap. I do not agr...

I thank the Minister for his reply. None of it was a surprise, and I will, of course, withdraw th...

One of the most worrying aspects about temporary accommodation is that many cases have not been t...

I am grateful to the Minister for that. I will read the record, but I am not sure that I would ag...

Moved by

Lord Freud

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The Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee recommended in its report of 23 November a n...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that explanation. We welcome the move to affirmative regulatio...

Moved by

Lord Freud

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Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

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My Lords, in moving Amendment 31 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Sherlock, I shall sp...

My Lords, I support Amendments 31, 33 and 34 in the names of my noble friends Lady Sherlock and L...

I thank noble Lords for tabling these amendments. I do not wish to spend too much time restating ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her response. If the Government are to be in surplus in ...

As I said in relation to the disability element, we have exempted quite a number of elements from...

Is that it? Given the hour I think there is no point in pursuing this, except to ask whether, on ...

As I have said, we are protecting certain elements of disability benefits. We understand the need...

My Lords, we are clearly not going to make much further progress this evening. In the circumstanc...

Tabled by

Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

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