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Public Bill Committee: 28 April 2011                  

120

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

136

 

Clause  46,  page  24,  line  34,  at end add—

 

‘(8)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

143

 

Clause  46,  page  24,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

 

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

148

 

Clause  46,  page  25,  line  22,  leave out ‘26 ’ and insert ‘13’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

137

 

Clause  46,  page  26,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(12)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

152

 

Clause  46,  page  27,  leave out line 25.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

138

 

Clause  46,  page  27,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 April 2011                  

121

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

153

 

Clause  47,  page  27,  line  45,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

In section 37 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (Parliamentary control), in subsection

 

(1) at end insert—

 

“(d)    

regulations made under sections 19, 19A, 19C, 6J, or 6K.”.’.

 

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

144

 

Clause  49,  page  32,  line  21,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

 

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

149

 

Clause  49,  page  33,  line  2,  leave out ‘three years’ and insert ‘one year’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

139

 

Clause  49,  page  33,  line  15,  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

145

 

Clause  49,  page  33,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

 

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

150

 

Clause  49,  page  33,  line  34,  leave out ‘26 ’ and insert ‘13’.

 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

140

 

Clause  49,  page  34,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(12)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

Kate Green

 

86

 

Clause  49,  page  35,  line  16,  at end insert—

 

‘6M    

Lone Parents

 

Nothing within these regulations shall supersede the provision set out in the

 

Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations 2010

 

or the Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments”)

 

Regulations 2008, Clause 11.’.

 

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

154

 

Clause  51,  page  35,  line  40,  leave out ‘365 days’ and insert ‘a prescribed number of

 

days, which must be at least 730,’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

155

 

Clause  51,  page  35,  line  40,  after ‘period’, insert ‘since the person was last in the

 

Support Group’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

157

 

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  11,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

does not include any days occurring before the coming into force of this

 

section.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

156

 

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  14,  at end insert—

 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

‘(c)    

does not include any days during the assessment phase, except in

 

prescribed circumstances.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

160

 

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

does not include days in which a claim in respect to Employment and

 

Support Allowance is in the assessment phase.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

161

 

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

The period of days referred to in subsection (1) shall restart following any period

 

in which a person is a member of the Support Group.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

158

 

Clause  51,  page  36,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall ensure that the impact of subsection (1) is

 

independently monitored and reported on annually, for at least the five years

 

following its implementation, in order to review their impact on specific groups

 

of people.’.

 

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

163

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  21,  leave out subsections (1), (2) and (3).

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

164

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  30,  leave out ‘that condition’ and insert ‘the third

 

condition set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (youth)’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

165

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  32,  leave out ‘365 days’ and insert ‘a prescribed number of

 

days, which must be at least 730’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 April 2011                  

124

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

166

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  32,  after ‘days’, insert ‘since the person was last in the

 

Support Group’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

167

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  34,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

does not include any days occurring before the coming into force of this

 

section;’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

168

 

Clause  52,  page  36,  line  38,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

does not include any days during the assessment phase, except in

 

prescribed circumstances.’.

 

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Margaret Curran

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

37

 

Clause  56,  page  40,  line  35,  at end insert ‘, which shall include that the claimant is

 

either receiving, recovering from, or expected within 6 months to receive treatment with

 

chemotherapy or radiotherapy’.

 

George Hollingbery

 

33

 

Clause  56,  page  40,  line  35,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

the claimant is receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy, is recovering

 

from that treatment or is likely to receive such treatment within 6

 

months.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

146

 

Clause  56,  page  42,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

With respect to claimants who have disabilities, the Secretary of State shall not

 

impose any sanctions without first consulting a Disability Employment Adviser.’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee: 28 April 2011                  

125

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

151

 

Clause  56,  page  43,  line  10,  leave out ‘26 ’ and insert ‘13’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

141

 

Clause  56,  page  43,  line  33,  at end insert—

 

‘(9)    

Regulations will provide for an appeal mechanism.’.

 

 

Kate Green

 

172

 

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Clause  57,  page  45,  line  28,  at end insert ‘except where that lone parent can

 

demonstrate that they are enrolled in a course of education or training, in which case the

 

age of the child shall be 7.’.

 

Kate Green

 

173

 

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Clause  57,  page  45,  line  31,  at end insert ‘except where that lone parent can

 

demonstrate that they are enrolled in a course of education or training, in which case the

 

age of the child shall be 7.’.

 

 

Kate Green

 

169

 

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Page  47,  line  2,  leave out Clause 60.

 

 

Kate Green

 

170

 

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Page  47,  line  22,  leave out Clause 61.

 

 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Kate Green

 

171

 

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Page  48,  line  6,  leave out Clause 62.

 

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

174

 

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Clause  68,  page  52,  line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

In section 176 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, in

 

subsection 1(a) (regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure), after

 

‘section 118;’ add ‘section 130A’.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

175

 

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Clause  68,  page  52,  line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

In section 130A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, after

 

subsection (7) insert—

 

“(7A)    

Regulations under this section shall not permit the AMHB to be less than

 

the actual amount of the liability in a case where a person in the

 

household is in receipt of any component of Disability Living

 

Allowance.”’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

176

 

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Clause  68,  page  52,  line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

In section 130A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, after

 

subsection (7) insert—

 

“(7A)    

Regulations under this section shall not permit the AMHB to be less than

 

the actual amount of the liability in a case where a person has no means

 

of avoiding a housing benefit reduction for under-occupying a property

 

let by a local housing authority or private registered provider of social

 

housing because the person has no reasonable alternative offer.”’.

 

Sheila Gilmore

 

189

 

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Clause  68,  page  52,  line  19,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

Insert new subsection (6A)—

 

“(6A)    

Regulations are to provide for the Secretary of State for Work and

 

Pensions and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local

 

Government to review not less than annually the relationship between

 

housing costs in the private rented sector and the liability mentioned in

 
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