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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Wednesday 15 June 2011

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Welfare Reform Bill, As Amended


 

[second Day]


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Withdrawn  53

 

Page  52,  line  21,  leave out Clause 69.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Negatived on division  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(discretionary payments out of Social Fund) may be repealed, if the Secretary of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;

 

(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

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  40

 

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


 
 

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‘(2)    

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

 

commissioner may be abolished.’.

 


 

Tom Greatrex

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not selected  69

 

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

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not selected  70

 

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

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  54

 

Page  128,  line  28,  leave out Schedule 8.

 


 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

Agreed to  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),”.’

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Negatived  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;


 
 

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(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.’.

 

Dame Anne Begg

 

Not called  76

 

Page  56,  line  45  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘as respects every time’ and insert ‘as

 

regularly as their disabling condition occurs’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

Negatived on division  44

 

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

 


 

Dame Anne Begg

 

Not called  77

 

Page  57,  line  3  [Clause  79],  leave out ‘as respects every time’ and insert ‘as

 

regularly as their disabling condition occurs’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  46

 

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

 

insert ‘3 months means the 3’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Fiona O’Donnell

 

Not called  47

 

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


 
 

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months means the 9’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  66

 

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

 

Not called  41

 

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

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Negatived on division  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

 

Not called  73

 

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.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  60

 

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:


 
 

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(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

 

Not called  74

 

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.’.

 


 

Remaining New Clauses relating to Part 5

 

Sure Start maternity grant for multiples

 

Tom Greatrex

 

Not selected  NC7

 

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

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  64

 

Page  61,  line  35,  leave out Clause 93.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not selected  78

 

Page  61,  line  37  [Clause  93],  at end insert—


 
 

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‘(1A)    

The Secretary of State shall not apply a benefit cap on a claimant’s welfare

 

benefits where the claimant has not received a reasonable offer of a job, except in

 

prescribed circumstances.’.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not called  65

 

Page  63,  line  3,  leave out Clause 94.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  61

 

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

 

Not selected  51

 

Page  65,  line  2,  leave out Clause 99.

 


 

Yvonne Fovargue

 

John McDonnell

 

Jeremy Corbyn

 

Not selected  52

 

Page  74,  line  37,  leave out Clause 112.

 


 

John McDonnell

 

Not selected  75

 

Page  76,  line  31  [Clause  112],  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a

 

report setting out—


 
 

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(a)    

the criteria that will be used to define whether an error will or will not be

 

considered to fall within sections 115C and 115D of the Social Security

 

Administration Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), and how

 

individual characteristics of the claimant are to be taken into account

 

when making the distinction,

 

(b)    

how the appropriate authority will compensate claimants where an

 

overpayment or delay in payment of benefit has arisen as a result of

 

official error, and

 

(c)    

how the appropriate authority will determine what reasonable steps a

 

claimant can be expected to take to avoid error and the information,

 

guidance and other assistance the appropriate authority will provide to

 

each person making a claim to enable them to understand and meet their

 

responsibilities with respect to that claim.’.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  48

 

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

 

‘(3)    

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

 

subsection 2 there is inserted—

 

“(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

 

Not called  49

 

Page  150  [Schedule  13],  leave out line 17 to line 3 on page 151.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ms Karen Buck

 

Margaret Curran

 

Not called  50

 

Page  151  [Schedule  13],  leave out lines 13 to 19.

 



 
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