Amendments proposed to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

111

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     41,     after first 'the', insert 'surviving spouse or the'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

105

Clause     45,     page     41,     leave out lines 44 to 48.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

95

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'five years'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

103

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'six years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

96

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' insert 'three years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

97

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

107

Clause     45,     page     41,     line     45,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert '1 year plus 26 weeks for every whole year the surviving spouse has lived over the age of 45'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

106

Clause     45,     page     42,     leave out lines 6 to 8.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

108

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out 'of 26 weeks'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

98

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' insert 'five years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

99

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'three years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

100

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'one year'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

104

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     6,     leave out '26 weeks' and insert 'six years'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

101

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     25,     leave out from first 'pension' to end of line 27.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

113

Clause     45,     page     42,     leave out from beginning of line 47 to end of line 4 on page 43.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

128

Clause     45,     page     42,     line     49,     leave out 'pension' and insert 'allowance'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Eric Pickles
Mr Quentin Davies

112

Clause     46,     page     43,     line     12,     after 'remarried', insert 'for as long as the person would have received a widowed parent's allowance but for reaching pensionable age and thereafter subsection (4) applies to such a person'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

129

Clause     46,     page     43,     leave out lines 22 to 26 and insert 'at any time prior to attaining that age, or

    (ii) entitled to a widowed parent's allowance at any time when over the age of 45 (but not immediately before attaining pensionable age); and'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

130

Clause     46,     page     44,     line     4,     after 'multiplied', insert—

'(a)''.

   

Mr Stephen Timms

131

Clause     46,     page     44,     line     6,     at end insert ', or

(b) by ten, if that 9number exceeds ten.'.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

92

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     23,     leave out 'a work-focused interview' and insert 'an interview to advise on employment opportunities, benefit take up, and other issues of relevance to specific claimant groups.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

91

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     27,     at end insert—

'(iii) that person is neither severely disabled, nor is a carer of a disabled or elderly person, or of a child under the age of 5'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

93

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert ', to be held in an appropriate place,'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

94

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     28,     after 'interview', insert 'and where appropriate, with a representative advocate present'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

78

Clause     47,     page     44,     line     31,     at end insert—

    '(1A) A work focus interview for a person receiving or applying for or having applied for incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, or disability premia in income support shall only take place once the personal capability assessment provided for in section 56 below has been made.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

80

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     4,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the training to be provided to persons by whom interviews are to be conducted which shall include training in the principles of personnel management and job placement, and in the types and incidence of mental and physical disability and in recent developments in coping with them.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

81

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end insert—

'( ) for determining the facilities which shall be required in any premises where an interview of a disabled person is to be held, other than in the disabled person's home.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

82

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     9,     at end add—

'( ) for providing that persons required to attend interviews which they cannot reasonably be expected to reach on foot shall have reimbursed to them such costs as may reasonably be incurred by them, taking into acount inter alia any degree of disability from which they may suffer in travelling to the place of any work-focused interview and returning home thereafter.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

79

Clause     47,     page     45,     line     24,     after 'regulations' insert 'such matters to include the degree of incapacity, invalidity or physical or mental illness of the person, the recent bereavement of such a person or the illness or incapacity of any child, parent, spouse, partner or other person for whom the person claiming benefit has care.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

185

*Clause     47,     page     45,     line     27,     at end insert—

'(g) prescribing that, where an interview has not taken place within three days of the initial claim, and unless this is due to unreasonable behaviour by the claimant, full benefit entitlement be paid until such time as the interview has taken place and entitlement can be reassessed.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

145

Clause     47,     page     46,     line     37,     at end insert, ' "good cause" shall include physical or mental impairment which makes it difficult for a person to understand or deal with communications'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

83

Clause     47,     page     47,     line     13,     at end insert—

    '(1A) Regulations shall be made specifying the maximum period which may elapse between the refusal of benefit and the hearing and determination of an appeal, and will provide, if the appeal has not been heard and determined within such periods, for the applicant to be deemed to have had his case upheld.'.

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Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

85

Clause     50,     page     49,     line     9,     at end insert 'provided that in making the assessment under (a) and (b) above, account shall be taken of the types of jobs available in the locality considered.'.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

86

Clause     50,     page     49,     line     28,     at end insert—

    '(4A) Before any regulations under this section are submitted to parliament the Secretary of State shall have consulted with organisations representing disabled people and shall have taken reasonable account of their submissions and concerns.

   

Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr Quentin Davies
Mr Eric Pickles

84

Clause     50,     page     49,     leave out lines 29 to 35.

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Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

144

Clause     49,     page     48,     line     5,     at end insert—

    '(2A) Regulations under this section shall require account to be taken of the degree and nature of a person's disability.'.

   

Mr David Rendel
Mr Mark Oaten

143

Clause     49,     page     48,     line     36,     at end add—

    '(8) Regulations shall ensure that a claimant participating in a scheme to which this section applies should continue to be entitled to payment of jobseekers allowance at the rate at which it was paid before participating in the scheme.'.

Prepared 18 Mar 1999