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| Wednesday 2 September 2015 |
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| New Amendments handed in are marked thus  |
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| Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance
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| Amendments tabled since the last publication: 67 to75 and NCs 4 to 6 |
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| Welfare Reform and Work Bill
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| | This document includes all amendments tabled to date, arranged in the order they |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out “Parliament” and insert “the House of |
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| Commons, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the National |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This would require the Secretary of State to report to the elected chambers across the UK with a |
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| | responsibility for policies that can contribute to full employment. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out from “and” to end of subsection and insert “for |
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| the purposes of this report “full employment” is defined as 80% of the working age |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To specify that the purpose of reporting on progress toward full employment, full employment is |
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| | defined as 80% of the working population. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | “(1A) | In this report the Secretary of State must also set out the progress that has been |
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| | made toward halving the disability employment gap.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To require the report on progress towards full employment to also report on progress towards the |
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| | Government’s stated aim to halve the disability employment gap. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | “(1A) | The Secretary of State will appear before a Committee in each of the Scottish |
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| | Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly and the National Assembly for Wales to |
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| | answer questions about the report.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This would require the Secretary of State to appear before a committee in Scotland, Wales and |
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| | Northern Ireland to answer questions about the full employment report. |
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| Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out subsection (2) |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This would remove the provision that repeals the full employment reporting obligation at the end |
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| | of the current Parliament. |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | “(aa) | information about the uptake of apprenticeships broken down by region, |
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| | gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sector, qualification and level, |
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| | (ab) | a report by the UK Commission on Employment and Skills on the quality |
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| | of apprenticeship being provided, and” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To specify additional information that must be included in the Secretary of State’s report progress |
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| | towards meeting the apprenticeship target. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 46, at end insert— |
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| | “(2A) | The matters by which the progress made by a household that receives relevant |
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| | support shall be measured under subsection (1)(b) include whether a member of |
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| | the household is in employment.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This requires one of the factors which is used to measure whether a household receive support is |
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| | making progress is whether or a not a member of the household is employed. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | “(4A) | A report prepared under this section must include information about the number |
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| | of households receiving support where a member of the household, who had not |
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| | previously been in employment during the last 12 month, has entered |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To require the report on support for troubled households to specify the number of households |
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| | receiving support where a member of the household has become employed. |
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| Clause 3, page 3, line 6, at end insert— |
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| | “(4A) | A report prepared under this section must include information about the total |
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| | value of expenditure directed at supporting relevant households by— |
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| | (b) | central government, and |
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| | (c) | government agencies.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To require the report on support for troubled households to specify how much has been spent to |
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| | support targeted households by different parts of government. |
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| Clause 5, page 5, leave out lines 16 to 27 and insert— |
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| | “5 | Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission: additional functions |
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| | (1) | After Section 8A of the Child Poverty Act 2010 insert—” |
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| | To leave the name of the “Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission” unchanged. |
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| Clause 5, page 6, leave out lines 15 and 16 |
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| | A consequential amendment to amendment 7 to leave the name of the “Social Mobility and Child |
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| | Poverty Commission” unchanged. |
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| Clause 6, page 6, line 18, leave out subsection 1 |
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| | Leave child poverty targets and measures unchanged. |
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| Clause 6, page 7, leave out from beginning of line 25 to end of Clause |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | Leave child poverty targets and measures unchanged. |
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| Clause 7, page 8, line 32, leave out subsection (2) |
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| | This amendment would remove the changes to the benefit cap. |
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| Clause 7, page 8, line 36, at end insert— |
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| | “( ) | Regulations under this section shall not be made in relation to persons— |
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| | (a) | responsible for the care of a child aged below 2; |
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| | (b) | responsible for the care of and in receipt of Carers Allowance in respect |
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| | of, but not living with, a person in receipt of Disability Living Allowance |
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| | or Personal Independence Payment; |
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| | (c) | in temporary accommodation following an incident or incidents of |
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| | To provide that the benefit cap does not apply to benefit claimants who will find it most difficult to |
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| Clause 7, page 8, line 38, leave out “£23,000 or £15,410” and insert “£26,000 or |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would keep the benefit cap level in London at the same rate as today. |
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| Clause 7, page 8, line 39, leave out “£20,000 or £13,400” and insert “£26,000 or |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | This amendment would keep the benefit cap level outside London at the same rate as today. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | “(5C) | Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the benefit |
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| | cap for persons living in temporary accommodation into which they have been |
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| | placed by a local authority which has found them to be in priority need (as defined |
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| | in Part 7 of the House Act 1996 and the Homelessness (Priority Need for |
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| | Accommodation)(England) Order 2002).” |
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| | To provide that the benefit cap will not apply to homeless families living in temporary |
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| | accommodation after being assessed as having a priority need. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | “(5C) | Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the benefit |
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| | cap for claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance, including income-based Jobseeker’s |
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| | Allowance (as defined in section 1 (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995) where the |
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| | claimant has not received a reasonable offer of a job.” |
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| | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | To provide that the benefit cap will not apply to job seekers who have not received a reasonable |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | “(5C) | Regulations under this section must provide an exemption from the benefit cap |
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| | for persons in receipt of — |
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| | (a) | carer’s allowance (see section 70 of the Social Security Contributions |
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| | (b) | employment and support allowance, including income-related |
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| | employment and support allowance (as defined in section 1(7) of the |
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| | Welfare Reform Act 2007) (see section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act |
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| | (c) | incapacity benefit (see section 30A of the Social Security Contributions |
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| | (d) | income support (see section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and |
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| | (e) | severe disablement allowance (see section 68 of the Social Security, |
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| | Contributions and Benefits Act 1992).” |
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| | To provide that the benefit cap may not be applied to anyone claiming Carer’s Allowance, |
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| | Employment and Support Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Income Support or Severe Disablement |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | “(5C) | Regulations under this section must provide for an exemption from the benefit |
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| | cap for persons in receipt of Universal Credit who are not subject to all work- |
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| | search requirements as set out in Section 22 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.” |
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| | To provide that the benefit cap may not be applied to anyone claiming Universal Credit who is not |
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| | subject to work-search requirements. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 6, leave out subsection (3) |
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| | To retain the current link between the benefit cap and estimated average earnings. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 9, leave out paragraph (a) |
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| | This amendment would remove bereavement allowance from the benefit cap. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 11, leave out paragraph (b) |
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| | This amendment would remove carer’s allowance from the benefit cap. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 11, leave out paragraphs (b), (e), (h), (i) and (l) |
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| | This amendment is consequential to amendment 69. |
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| Clause 7, page 9, line 13, leave out paragraph (c) |
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| | This amendment would remove child benefit from the benefit cap. |
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