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House of Commons

 
 

Wednesday 1 February 2012

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

New Amendments handed in are marked thus Parliamentary Star

 

Welfare Reform Bill


 

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill

 


 

Note

 

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Welfare Reform

 

Bill (Programme) (No. 3) Motion to be proposed by Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 15

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 17

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 



 
 

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Welfare Reform Bill, continued

 
 

Lords Amendment No. 18

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 19

 

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Line  4,  leave out ‘a prescribed number of days which must be at least 730’ and

 

insert ‘365 days’.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 23

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 47

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

To move the following Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—

 

NC1

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  62,  line  13,  insert the following new Clause—


 
 

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‘Independent Body on the Benefit Cap

 

(1)    

There is to be a body called the Independent Body on the Benefit Cap.

 

(2)    

The functions of the Body are those conferred on it by or under this Act.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(a)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  62,  line  16,  at end insert ‘according to the local area in which they are ordinarily

 

resident’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(b)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  62,  line  40,  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

Regulations under this section shall provide that the benefit cap shall not

 

be applied for the first 39 weeks from the date on which the claimant’s

 

total entitlements to welfare benefits exceeds the relevant amount as a

 

result of prescribed circumstances, to include a claimant leaving

 

employment as a result of that claimant being made redundant or

 

becoming disabled.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(c)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  1,  leave out ‘reference to estimated average earnings’ and insert ‘the

 

Secretary of State upon receipt of recommendations from the Independent Body on the

 

Benefit Cap’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(e)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

Before making the first regulations under section (5) above, the Secretary of State

 

shall refer the matters specified in subsection (8) below to the Independent Body

 

on the Benefit Cap for their consideration.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(f)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(8)    

Those matters shall include—

 

(a)    

the differences in housing costs between London and the rest of the UK;

 

(b)    

the need to safeguard against homelessness.


 
 

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(c)    

the targets in sections 3 to 6 of the Child Poverty Act 2010.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(g)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

Where matters are referred to the Independent Body on the Benefit Cap under

 

subsection (7) above, the Body shall, after considering those matters, make a

 

report to the Secretary of State which shall contain the Body’s recommendations

 

about each of those matters.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(h)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(8B)    

If, following the report of the Independent Body on the Benefit Cap under

 

subsection (8A) above, the Secretary of State decides—

 

(a)    

not to make any regulations implementing the Body’s recommendations,

 

or

 

(b)    

to make regulations implementing only some of the Body’s

 

recommendations, or

 

(c)    

to prescribe under section (5) above a relevant amount which is different

 

from the rate recommended by the Body, or

 

(d)    

to make regulations which in some other respect differ from the

 

recommendations of the Body, or

 

(e)    

to make regulations which do not relate to a recommendation of the

 

Body.

 

    

the Secretary of State shall lay a report before each House of Parliament

 

containing a statement of the reasons for the decision.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(i)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(8C)    

If the Independent Body on the Benefit Cap fails to make its report under

 

subsection (8A) above within a time to be specified in regulations but no less than

 

nine months, any power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under this

 

section shall be exercisable as if subsection (6) above had not been enacted.’.

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(d)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  3,  leave out subsections (7) and (8).


 
 

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Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

(j)

 

Parliamentary Star    

Page  63,  line  37,  leave out ‘review’ and insert ‘refer to the Independent Body on the

 

Benefit Cap for review’.

 


 


 

Lords Amendment No. 1

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 2

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 3

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 4

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 



 
 

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Lords Amendment No. 26

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 73

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 


 

Lords Amendment No. 77

 

Mr Liam Byrne

 

Stephen Timms

 

Ian Austin

 

Mrs Anne McGuire

 

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

 

 

 

Order of the House [9 march 2011]

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Welfare Reform Bill—

 

Committal

 

1.    

The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

 

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

 

2.    

Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

 

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 24 May 2011.

 

3.    

The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

 

which it meets.

 

Consideration and Third Reading

 

4.    

Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

 

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

 

5.    

Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

 

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

 

6.    

Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

 

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.


 
 

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Other proceedings

 

7.    

Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

 

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

 

Lords) may be programmed.

 

 

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 3)

 

Secretary Iain Duncan Smith

 

That the following provisions shall apply to the Welfare Reform Bill for the purpose of

 

supplementing the Orders of 9 March 2011 (Welfare Reform Bill (Programme)) and 13

 

June 2011 (Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2))—

 

Consideration of Lords Amendments

 

1.    

Proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments shall (so far as not

 

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 7.00 pm at this day’s

 

sitting.

 

2.    

The proceedings shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the

 

following Table.

 

3.    

The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

 

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

 

 

        TABLE

 

Lords Amendments

Time for conclusion of

 
  

proceedings

 
 

15, 17 to 19 and 23 (employment and


 
 

support allowance)

2.30 pm

 
 

47 (benefit cap)

5.00 pm

 
 

1 to 14, 16, 20 to 22, 24 to 46, 48 to

7.00 pm

 
 

110 (remaining amendments)

  
 

Subsequent stages

 

4.    

Any further Message from the Lords may be considered forthwith without

 

any Question being put.

 

5.    

The proceedings on any further Message from the Lords shall (so far as not

 

previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour after their

 

commencement.

 


 
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