Session 2010-12
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Welfare Reform Bill
AMENDMENTS
TO BE MOVED
IN GRAND COMMITTEE
Clause 1
LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE
Page 1, line 7, leave out “universal credit” and insert “working age entitlement”
Page 1, line 7, after “payable” insert “after consultation with other United Kingdom legislatures”
Page 1, line 8, leave out “may” and insert “shall”
Page 1, line 8, leave out “as follows” and insert “to consultation by the Social Security Advisory Committee”
Page 1, line 8, leave out “awarded” and insert “paid”
Page 1, line 9, leave out “an individual who is not a member of a couple (“a single person”)” and insert “a single person”
Page 1, line 10, leave out “jointly” and insert “independently”
Page 1, line 11, leave out “, subject as follows,” and insert “up-rated annually and”
Page 1, line 11, after “calculated” insert “as a percentage of national minimum income standards”
Page 1, line 13, after first “for” insert “the woman who has”
Page 1, line 14, after “housing” insert “and Council Tax”
Page 1, line 15, at end insert—
“( ) amounts for young people not in employment, education or training.”
Page 1, line 15, at end insert—
“( ) amounts for households in the Families Working Everywhere scheme.”
After Clause 30
LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE
Insert the following new Clause—
“Universal credit: (transitional provisions)
Nothing in Part 1 will reduce current benefit entitlement available to claimants until after the transitional protection provisions commence 12 months after this Act receives the Royal Assent.”
After Clause 41
LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE
Insert the following new Clause—
“Benefit regulator
Nothing in Part 1 shall be introduced until a claimant regulatory authority is established to oversee the professional standards being observed by those government departments and other agencies delivering universal credit and other benefits.”
After Clause 43
LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE
Insert the following new Clause—
“Universal credit: requirement for simplicity
Nothing in the regulations giving effect to Part 1 shall introduce avoidable complexity to the claiming, calculation or payment of universal credit.”
After Clause 129
LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE
Insert the following new Clause—
“Office for Social Protection
An Office for Social Protection shall be established to examine and report on the adequacy and sustainability of contributory, means-tested and other social security benefits, conditions relating to entitlement, and appeals mechanisms within the social security system.”