Welfare Reform Bill

Page 4, line 36, at end insert—

Clause 10, “such additional amount to be paid at either a higher rate, or a lower rate, which shall be no less than two-thirds of the higher rate as may be prescribed”

Page 7, line 29, at end insert—

“(5) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a report of the number of face-to-face assessments under section 9 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 undertaken by patients receiving treatment for cancer, and the subsequent outcome of those assessments, by category of cancer treatment, in the previous 12 months—

(a) on the date of the coming into force of this section, and

(b) on the five subsequent anniversaries of the date of the coming into force of this section.”

Page 15, line 34, leave out subsection (3)

Page 18, line 40, leave out “work has such meaning as may be prescribed” and insert ““better paid work” and “more paid work” shall have such meaning as may be prescribed in regulations subject to the affirmative resolution procedure”

Page 20, line 21, leave out from “Regulations” to “are” in line 22 and insert “under this Part”

Page 21, line 19, leave out subsection (8)

Page 25, line 7, at end insert—

“(c) the grounds on which such sanctions may be terminated, prior to the period specified in paragraph (b), including the compliance of the claimant to such conditions as may be imposed.”

Page 54, line 6, at end insert—

“( ) After subsection (7) insert—

“(7A) In relation to a dwelling of which the landlord is a local housing authority or a registered provider of social housing, and no alternative accommodation (as defined in regulations to be made under this section, and provided by any such provider) is available, regulations under this section shall not permit the AMHB to be less than the actual amount of the liability in a case where a household has no more than one spare bedroom.””

Page 62, line 21, leave out “The Secretary of State may by regulations” and insert “Regulations may”

Page 62, line 24, leave out subsections (2) and (3)

Page 63, line 8, leave out “unless otherwise provided”

Page 63, line 21, leave out from “Regulations” to “are” and insert “under this Part”

Page 63, line 34, leave out subsection (8)

Page 109, line 4, at end insert—

“( ) Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) have the effect of changing the requirement in the Child Poverty Act 2010 for the Secretary of State to publish and lay before Parliament a UK Child Poverty Strategy and to describe the progress that he considers necessary—

(a) to meet each of the targets in sections 3 to 6 of that Act in order to reach these targets by the end of the target year; and

(b) the progress he intends to make in the period covered by the Strategy to ensure that so far as possible children do not experience socio-economic disadvantage.”

Page 113, line 3, at end insert—

6A Regulations may provide that a claimant who—

(a) has a right to reside in the United Kingdom under the EU Treaties, and

(b) would otherwise fall within section 19, 20 or 21,

is to be treated as not falling within that section.”