Welfare Reform and Work Bill

I apologise for interrupting the right reverend Prelate but many noble Lords are leaving the Cham...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness. At Second Reading and in Committee I, along with others in t...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 40, in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Drake, and...

My Lords, we on these Benches have added our name to Amendments 36 to 38. We also support Amendme...

My Lords, I have not taken part in the debate on this Bill before but I was chairman of the Selec...

My Lords, very briefly, I support these amendments as vice-chair of the parliamentary group for y...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 30 in the hope that the Minister has been persuaded by the a...

My Lords, I rise briefly to speak in support of Amendment 38 and the other amendments in this gro...

My Lords, I want to intervene briefly. I spoke in Committee about kinship carers. Therefore, I su...

My Lords, I am going to be extremely brief because the arguments have been powerfully made. Becau...

My Lords, I would like to tell two stories that illustrate why I believe two of these exemptions ...

My Lords, I do not want to add to the extremely powerful speeches we have had but I would like to...

I thank the noble Baronesses, noble Lords and right reverend Prelates for their amendments, and a...

If the Minister will forgive me for interrupting, I am having slight difficulty in understanding....

That is a timely intervention because I am now going to move on to the very eloquent arguments fo...

Could I ask for some clarity on what the Minister has just said? It sounded to me as though there...

We have a regulatory process where these exemptions will be gone through in detail. I can make a ...

In which case, given that helpful and tactful response by the Minister, will he help us even furt...

In practice, I think that what I have said produces that outcome. I have said that we will consul...

Before the Minister sits down, given the fact that, as a nation, increasingly our children are gr...

We have looked at this very sympathetically, but in practice we found it too difficult. We have h...

My Lords, I am grateful to the dozen or so Members of your Lordships’ House who have contributed ...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

41: Clause 13, leave out Clause 13

My Lords, I have been sitting here listening in amazement as the Minister has been shelling out g...

My Lords, your Lordships will recall that, as the noble Lord, Lord Low, said, we had a very full ...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 41 and 44. I have listened very carefully to what th...

My Lords, I support the proposal to leave out Clauses 13 and 14. I was disappointed in the commen...

My Lords, in responding to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, I do not want to go over the debate we h...

My Lords, as I said in Committee, if this reduction in benefits for the disabled is about incenti...

My Lords, I also support the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Low and other noble L...

My Lords, I ask for a little clarification. I was somewhat astonished by my noble friend Lady Mea...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 44 in this group but I also have some comments that relate...

My Lords, cutting the benefit of those who are fit for work but unemployed might act as an incent...

My Lords, since Committee I have spoken to a number of people with learning disabilities about th...

My Lords, we have added our names to Amendments 41 and 44. Yet again, we have heard compelling ar...

My Lords, these amendments seek to remove Clauses 13 and 14 in order to prevent the proposed chan...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very full and careful reply. I knew that it was too much t...

Moved by

Lord Low of Dalston

44: Clause 14, leave out Clause 14

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

44A: Clause 15, page 14, line 30, at end inser...

My Lords, Amendment 44A is in my name and the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Manzoor, who table...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, on this amendment. Once again, we had a very...

My Lords, I will briefly support this amendment. Before doing so, however, I have not had an oppo...

My Lords, I will contribute briefly to this debate in support of the amendment. The issue here is...

My Lords, I agree wholeheartedly with this amendment. It would be difficult to do otherwise becau...

My Lords, this amendment, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Lister and Lady Manzoor, seeks to ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Baroness, Lady Manzoor, ask...

I shall be very happy to meet them.

I very much appreciate that. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Manzoor

45: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—