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Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2295

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

63

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  45,  line  23,  leave out Clause 57.

 


 

New Clauses relating to industrial injuries benefit or housing benefit

 

Payment of housing costs

 

Mike Weatherley

 

NC6

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

This Section applies to payments of the housing cost element of the universal

 

credit.

 

(2)    

Payment of the housing costs element of the universal credit must be made to a

 

person’s landlord where:

 

(a)    

that person has requested or consented to such payment;

 

(b)    

where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply and the person is in arrears

 

pursuant to the terms of the tenancy agreement between that person and

 

the landlord of an amount equivalent to two weeks or more of the amount

 

he is liable to pay his landlord as rent if in either case the landlord

 

requests or consents to payment to him.

 

(3)    

Regulations made by the Secretary of State may prescribe the circumstances in

 

which subsection (2) does not apply.

 

(4)    

Regulations made by the Secretary of State shall prescribe the person who is to

 

be treated as the landlord for the purposes of this section and shall make provision

 

as to the discharge of liability consequent upon the making of any payments to

 

the landlord.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

32

 

Page  52,  line  19  [Clause  68],  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

After subsection (7) insert—

 

“(7A)    

In relation to a dwelling of which the landlord is a local housing authority

 

or a registered provider of social housing, 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 provided the relevant authority with

 

such certificates, documents, information or evidence as are sufficient to

 

satisfy the authority that the person is disabled and is living in a property

 

specially adapted or particularly suited to meet the needs of that

 

person.”’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2296

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Jenny Willott

 

Ian Swales

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

71

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  52,  line  19  [Clause  68],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

Regulations under subsection (3) are to be made by statutory instrument.

 

(5)    

A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provisions) the

 

first regulations under subsection (3) may not be made unless a draft of the

 

instrument has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of

 

Parliament.’.

 

Jenny Willott

 

Ian Swales

 

72

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  52,  line  19  [Clause  68],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report on the impact of

 

subsection (3) within 12 months of the coming into force of that subsection.’.

 


 

New Clause relating to the social fund or state pension credit

 

Sure Start maternity grant for multiples

 

Tom Greatrex

 

NC7

 

Parliamentary Star    

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Regulations shall make provision for the payment of a Sure Start maternity grant

 

of £500 for each first born baby and in the case of subsequent multiple births, a

 

single payment will be made of £500 for twins, £1,000 for triplets and £1,500 for

 

higher multiples.’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

53

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  52,  line  21,  leave out Clause 69.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

39

 

Page  52,  line  22  [Clause  69],  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

Section 138(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

 

(discretionary payments out of Social Fund) may be repealed, if the Secretary of

 

State—

 

(a)    

publishes a detailed proposal for a replacement scheme, or schemes,

 

based on wide consultation with relevant stakeholders;


 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

ensures that such a scheme, or schemes, will provide financial protection

 

for applicants in an emergency or crisis, with the eligibility criteria for

 

applicants specified in regulations;

 

(c)    

demonstrates the feasibility of such a scheme, or schemes, through a pilot

 

or pathfinder process; and

 

(d)    

demonstrates how an independent appeals mechanism will be

 

implemented.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

40

 

Page  52,  line  24  [Clause  69],  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2)    

In consequence of the provision in subsection (1), the office of the social fund

 

commissioner may be abolished.’.

 


 

Tom Greatrex

 

69

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  53,  line  31  [Clause  72],  at end insert ‘and Sure Start maternity grant’.

 

Tom Greatrex

 

70

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  53,  line  34  [Clause  72],  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Regulations shall make provision for the payment of a Sure Start Maternity Grant

 

of £500 for each first born baby and in the case of subsequent mulitple births, a

 

single payment will be made of £500 for twins, £1000 for triplets and £1500 for

 

higher multiples.’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

54

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  128,  line  28,  leave out Schedule 8.

 


 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

19

 

Page  54,  line  15  [Clause  74],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In section 19 of that Act (regulations and orders), in subsection (2), before

 

paragraph (a) there is inserted—

 

“(za)    

section 1(2)(d),”.’

 



 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2298

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

62

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  55,  line  37  [Clause  77],  leave out subsection (7).

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

43

 

Page  56,  line  40  [Clause  78],  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Regulations shall exempt people with prescribed medical conditions from the

 

requirement in subsection (4)(c), including in prescribed circumstances where the

 

individual is—

 

(a)    

severely mentally impaired;

 

(b)    

a double amputee;

 

(c)    

deaf/blind;

 

(d)    

undergoing haemodialysis;

 

(e)    

severely visually impaired; and/or

 

(f)    

meets the requirements of special rules set out in Clause 80.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

44

 

Page  56,  line  45  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘3’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

45

 

Page  57,  line  3  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘6’ and insert ‘9’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

46

 

Page  57,  line  15  [Clause  79],  leave out from ‘previous’ to second ‘months’ and

 

insert ‘3 months means the 3’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2299

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

47

 

Page  57,  line  17  [Clause  79],  leave out from ‘next’ to second ‘months’ and insert ‘9

 

months means the 9’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

66

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  58,  line  34  [Clause  83],  leave out ‘meets the condition in subsection (2)’ and

 

insert ‘is an inpatient of a hospital’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

41

 

Page  58,  line  35  [Clause  83],  leave out ‘2’ and insert ‘3’.

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

67

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  58,  line  37  [Clause  83],  leave out ‘or resident of a care home’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

42

 

Page  58,  line  40  [Clause  83],  at beginning insert—

 

‘(3)    

The condition is that the person is an in-patient of a hospital.

 

(4)    

’.

 


 

Jenny Willott

 

Ian Swales

 

73

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  59,  line  35  [Clause  86],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a report on the impact of

 

regulations made under section 83 within 12 months of the regulations being laid

 

before Parliament.’.

 



 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2300

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

60

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  140,  line  25  [Schedule  10],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

The Secretary of State shall ensure that, in respect of any person whose award of

 

disability living allowance is terminated on or after the appointed day, an award

 

of personal independence payment is made without application, and that said

 

award is not subject to the requirements of assessment in section 78(3) or (4), or

 

subsection (2) of this section, until:

 

(a)    

The Secretary of State has commissioned an independent report, no less

 

than six months after the appointed day, on the effectiveness of the

 

assessment process as used on new applicants for personal independence

 

payment, and;

 

(b)    

The Secretary of State has satisfied himself, having consulted with

 

disabled people, that the assessment process is functioning correctly.’.

 


 

Jenny Willott

 

Ian Swales

 

Mr Alan Reid

 

74

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  61,  line  13  [Clause  91],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

the first regulations under section 83 containing provisions about the

 

payment of the mobility component of personal independence payments

 

to residents of a care home.’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

64

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  61,  line  35,  leave out Clause 93.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

65

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  3,  leave out Clause 94.

 



 
 

Notices of Amendments: 9 June 2011                     

2301

 

Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

61

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  64,  line  29  [Clause  97],  at end insert—

 

‘(3C)    

For the purposes of paragraph (3B), any element or sub-element of the universal

 

credit award that is paid in respect of children, including childcare, shall be paid

 

to the designated carer, except in prescribed circumstances. Regulations may

 

provide further circumstances in which a proportion of universal credit may be

 

payable to a particular individual.’.

 


 

Yvonne Fovargue

 

51

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  65,  line  2,  leave out Clause 99.

 


 

Yvonne Fovargue

 

52

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  74,  line  37,  leave out Clause 112.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

48

 

Page  98,  line  2  [Clause  130],  at end insert—

 

‘(5)    

In section 6 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008, after

 

subsection 2 insert—

 

“(2A)    

The Secretary of State shall not levy any fees on a parent with care,

 

except in prescribed circumstances.”’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

49

 

Page  150,  line  17  [Schedule  13],  leave out subsections (5) to (10).

 



 
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