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	SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS
	Wednesday 1 February 2012
	Proceedings
	on Consideration of Lords Amendments
	Welfare Reform Bill
	On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill
		Lords Amendment No. 15
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 17
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 18
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
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	Welfare Reform Bill, continued
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 19
	As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith
		Agreed to  (a)
	Line  4,  leave out ‘a prescribed number of days which must be at least 730’ and
	insert ‘365 days’.
		Lords Amendment, as amended, Agreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 23
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 47
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
	Mr Liam Byrne
	Stephen Timms
	Ian Austin
	Mrs Anne McGuire
	To move the following Amendments to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment:—
		Not called  NC1
	Page  62,  line  13,  insert the following new Clause—
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	Welfare Reform Bill, continued
		‘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
		Not called  (a)
	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
		Not called  (b)
	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
		Not called  (c)
	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
		Not called  (e)
	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
		Not called  (f)
	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
		Not called  (g)
	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
		Not called  (h)
	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
		Not called  (i)
	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
		Not called  (d)
	Page  63,  line  3,  leave out subsections (7) and (8).
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	Welfare Reform Bill, continued
	Mr Liam Byrne
	Stephen Timms
	Ian Austin
	Mrs Anne McGuire
		Not called  (j)
	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                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 2
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 3
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 4
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
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	Welfare Reform Bill, continued
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendments 5 to 14, 16, 20 to 22, 24 and 25 Agreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 26
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendments 27 to 46 and 48 to 72 Agreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 73
	Secretary Iain Duncan Smith                                                                               Agreed to on division
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.
		Lords Amendments 74 to 76 Agreed to.
		Lords Amendment No. 77
	Mr Liam Byrne                                                                                                   Not selected
	Stephen Timms
	Ian Austin
	Mrs Anne McGuire
	To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.
		Lords Amendments 77 to 110 Agreed to.

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